HMS Montagu (1779)
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| Name: | HMS Montagu |
| Ordered: | 16 July 1774 |
| Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 30 January 1775 |
| Launched: | 28 August 1779 |
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Participated in: |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1818 |
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| Class and type: | Alfred-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1631 tons (1657.2 tonnes) |
| Length: | 169 ft (52 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 47 ft 2 in (14.4 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
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74 guns:
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Montagu.
HMS Montagu, sometimes spelled Montague, was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 August 1779 at Chatham.
Montagu took part in the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1780 and the Glorious First of June in 1794.
She was broken up in 1818.
[edit] References
- Lavery, Brian, The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850, 1983, ISBN 0-85177-252-8
- Lyon, David, The Sailing Navy List, All the Ships of the Royal Navy - Built, Purchased and Captured 1688-1860, pub Conway Maritime Press, 1993, ISBN 0-85177-617-5
- Winfield, Rif, British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates, pub Seaforth, 2007, ISBN 1-86176-295-X
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