HMS Montagu (1757)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Montague.

History

Great Britain
Name:	HMS Montague
Ordered:	12 July 1750
Builder:	Sheerness Dockyard
Launched:	15 September 1757
Fate:	Sunk as a breakwater, 1774
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type:	1750 amendments 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1245
Length:	157 ft 3 in (47.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	42 ft (12.8 m)
Depth of hold:	18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	60 guns: Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Montague was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Sheerness Dockyard to the standard draught for 60-gun ships as specified by the 1745 Establishment, amended in 1750, and launched on 15 September 1757.^[1]

Montague served until 1774, when she was sunk to form part of a breakwater.^[1]

Notes

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.

1745 Establishment

100-gun first rates	Royal George Britannia

80-gun third rates	Princess Amelia

70-gun third rates	Vanguard Somerset Orford Grafton Swiftsure Northumberland Buckingham

60-gun fourth rates	St Albans Anson Tiger Weymouth York Medway

50-gun fourth rates	Greenwich Severn Tavistock Assistance Newcastle Falmouth Preston

1750 amendments

1752 amendments

1754 amendments

70-gun third rates	Burford Dorsetshire Boyne

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