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Monarch

HMS Monarch

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74 guns
WarsAmerican War of Independence, French Revolutionary Wars

74-gun ship, at Ushant in 1778, the Moonlight Battle, Fort Royal, the Chesapeake, St Kitts, the Saintes and the Mona Passage. She fought at Camperdown and Copenhagen. Broken up in 1813.

Nelson Forcing the Passage of the Sound, 30 March 1801, prior to the Battle of Copenhagen During the French Revolutionary War, Denmark's position and neutrality made her relationship with the principal protagonists, France and Britain, especially difficult. British insistence on searching neutral sh Photo: Robert Dodd, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

74 guns

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs
BuilderDeptford Dockyard
Launched20 July 1765
Length168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) (gundeck)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

20 July 1765

First Battle of Ushant
Survived

27 July 1778 · American War of Independence

Battle of Cape St Vincent (the Moonlight Battle)
Survived

16–17 January 1780 · American War of Independence

Battle of Fort Royal
Survived

29 April 1781 · American War of Independence

Battle of the Chesapeake
Survived

5 September 1781 · American War of Independence

Battle of St Kitts (Frigate Bay)
Survived

25–26 January 1782 · American War of Independence

Battle of the Saintes
Survived

12 April 1782 · American War of Independence

Battle of the Mona Passage
Survived

19 April 1782 · American War of Independence

Battle of Camperdown
Damaged

11 October 1797 · French Revolutionary Wars

Vice-Admiral Onslow's flagship; broke the Dutch rear

Battle of Copenhagen
Damaged

2 April 1801 · French Revolutionary Wars

Captain Mosse killed; most casualties in the fleet

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1813