HMS Montagu (1757)

HMS Montagu 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]

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 (bm)
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:	Gundeck: 24 × 24-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 26 × 12-pounder guns QD: 8 × 6-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns

On 31 January 1759 Montagu and Deptford chased a French privateer that Montague captured the next day. The privateer was Marquis de Martigny, of Granville. She had a crew of 104 men under the command of M. Le Crouse, and was armed with twenty 6-pounder guns.[2]

Then on 15 February, Montagu captured the French privateer cutter Hardi Mendicant, of Dunkirk. Hardi Mendicant had a crew of 60 men under the command of M. Jean Meuleauer, and was armed with eight 6-pounder guns.[2]

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

Citations and references

Citations

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p174.
2. "No. 9872". The London Gazette. 20 February 1759. p. 1.

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.