HMS Monarch
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Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Monarch.
- HMS 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. Admiral John Byng was executed on board in 1757.
- HMS 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.
- HMS Monarch, launched in 1832, was an 84-gun second rate, broken up in 1866.
- HMS Monarch, launched in 1868, was an ironclad masted turret ship, sold in 1905.
- HMS Monarch, launched in 1911, was an Orion-class battleship. She served in World War I and was sunk as a target in 1925.
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- 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
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