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 the Battle of Camperdown in 1797. She was broken up in 1813.

★ The third ''Monarch'', launched in 1832, was an 84-gun second-rate, broken up in 1866.

★ The fourth ''Monarch'', launched 1868, was an ironclad masted turret ship, sold in 1905.

★ The fifth ''Monarch'', launched 1911, was an ''Orion''-class battleship. She served in World War I and was sunk as a target in 1925.

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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