HMS Monarch (1832)
Monarch at Sheerness, December 1850
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Monarch |
Ordered | 23 July 1817 |
Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
Laid down | August 1825 |
Launched | 18 December 1832 |
Fate | Broken up, 1866 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Canopus-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 2255 bm |
Length | 193 ft 10 in (59.08 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 52 ft 4.5 in (15.964 m) |
Depth of hold | 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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HMS Monarch was an 84-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 18 December 1832 at Chatham Dockyard.[1]
She was used as a target ship from 1862, and broken up in 1866.[1]
Notes[]
References[]
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
External links[]
- Media related to HMS Monarch (1832) at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
- Canopus-class ships of the line
- Ships built in Chatham
- 1832 ships
- Crimean War naval ships of the United Kingdom
- United Kingdom ship of the line stubs