HMS Montagu (1757)

Summary

HMS Montagu was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, designed by Edward Allin[2] and 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
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Montague
Ordered12 July 1750
BuilderSheerness Dockyard
Launched15 September 1757
FateSunk as a breakwater, 1774
General characteristics [1]
Class and type1750 amendments 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1245 (bm)
Length157 ft 3 in (47.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam42 ft (12.8 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-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.[3]

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.[3]

Montagu at Roseau, Dominica on 6 June 1761

In 1761 Montagu participated in the invasion of Dominica. The expedition to Dominica which landed on 6 June 1761 was led by Colonel Andrew Rollo, the Brigadier-General in America who was in command of 26,000 troops, and Commodore James Douglas, Commander-in-Chief at the Leeward Islands, who commanded four ships of the line, the Montague, Sutherland, Belliqueux, his flag ship the Dublin, and two frigates. The fighting lasted for two days, before the French forces surrendered.[4]

Fate edit

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

Citations edit

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p174.
  2. ^ "Edward Allin (D.1795)".
  3. ^ a b "No. 9872". The London Gazette. 20 February 1759. p. 1.
  4. ^ "Roseau, 1761". Royal Collection of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 31 July 2021.

References edit

  • 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.