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HMS Monck (1659)

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Name
  
HMS Monck

Length
  
107 ft (32.6 m) (keel)

Launched
  
1659

Fate
  
Wrecked, 1720

Beam
  
35 ft (10.7 m)

Builder
  
Portsmouth

Class and type
  
52-gun third rate frigate

Tons burthen
  
703 long tons (714.3 t)

HMS Monck was a 52-gun third rate frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Portsmouth, and launched in 1659. She retained her name after the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 60 guns.

Monck was rebuilt at Greenland South Dockyard, Rotherhithe in 1702 as a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line. She was wrecked in 1720.

References

HMS Monck (1659) Wikipedia