- HMS Monarch
Five ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS "Monarch".* The first "Monarch" was a 74-gun
third-rate ship of the line , originally the French "Monarque", captured in 1747 at the second battle of Cape Finisterre, and sold in 1760.
* The second "Monarch", launched in 1765, was another 74-gun third-rate. She was Vice Admiral Onslow's flagship at theBattle of Camperdown in 1797. She was broken up in 1813.
* The third "Monarch", launched in 1832, was an 84-gunsecond-rate , broken up in 1866.
* The fourth "Monarch", launched 1868, was anironclad masted turret ship, sold in 1905.
* The fifth "Monarch", launched 1911, was an "Orion"-classbattleship . She served inWorld War I and was sunk as a target in 1925.See also
* HMS "Monarca"
References
* Colledge, J. J. (1987) "Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy from the fifteenth century to the present", London: Greenhill, ISBN 0-947898-75-1
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.