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Monmouth

HMS Monmouth

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns64 guns
WarAmerican War of Independence

64-gun ship, at Porto Praya and in all five battles with Suffren. At Providien she lost her main and mizzen masts holding off Suffren's flagship. Renamed Captivity as a prison ship in 1796, broken up in 1818.

Intrepid class (approved 1765) - Intrepid (1770); Monmouth (1772); Defiance (1772); Nonsuch (1774); Ruby (1776); Vigilant (1774); Eagle (1774); America (1777); Anson (1781); Polyphemus (1782); Magnanime (1780); Sampson (1781); Repulse (1780); Diadem (1782); Standard (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns
BuilderPlymouth Dockyard
Laid downMay 1768
Launched18 April 1772
Length159 ft 6 in (48.6 m) (gundeck) 131 ft (39.9 m) (keel)

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

Career

Launched

18 April 1772

Battle of Grenada
Survived

6 July 1779

53 casualties

Battle of Porto Praya
Survived

16 April 1781

Battle of Sadras
Survived

17 February 1782

Battle of Providien
Damaged

12 April 1782

Lost her main and mizzen masts

Battle of Negapatam
Survived

6 July 1782

Battle of Trincomalee
Survived

3 September 1782

Battle of Cuddalore
Survived

20 June 1783

Fate

Survived

Broken up in January 1818