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Monck5438
Nominal Guns52
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorThe Royal Navy
Ordered1659
Acquired1660/01/07
First Commissioned1661/04/29
ShipyardPortsmouth Dockyard
ConstructorJohn Tippetts
CategoryThird Rate
Ship TypeShip of the Line
Broken Up to Rebuild1702
Becomes British fourth rate ship of the line 'Monck' (1701)

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Keel107' 0"Imperial Feet32.6136
Breadth35' 0"Imperial Feet10.668
Depth in Hold14' 6"Imperial Feet4.4196
Draught Aft16' 0"Imperial Feet4.8768
Burthen697 1994Tons BM 

Armament

1666Broadside Weight = 503 Imperial Pound ( 228.1105 kg) BWAS-1603
Gun Deck2British Culverin
Gun Deck34British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck2British 12-Pounder
Gun Deck20British Demi-Cannon
1677Broadside Weight = 426.5 Imperial Pound ( 193.418 kg) BWAS-1603
Lower Gun Deck24British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck24British Demi-Culverin
Quarterdeck/Forecastle10British Saker
Roundhouse2British 3-Pounder
1685Broadside Weight = 654 Imperial Pound ( 296.589 kg) BWAS-1603
Gun Deck26British Culverin
Gun Deck24British Demi-Cannon
Gun Deck8British Demi-Culverin Cutts
Crew Complement
Date# of MenNotesSource
1660220BWAS-1603
1666260BWAS-1603
Commanders
FromToRankNameSource
1661/04/291663/02/12CaptainNicholas TatersellBWAS-1603
1664/10/071667/11/14CaptainThomas PenroseBWAS-1603
1668/04/301668/07/24CaptainSir William ReevesB051
1672/03/221673/08/16CaptainBernard LudmanB051
1673/08/171674/04/06CaptainSir Henry KilligrewB051
1689/10/241690CaptainSir Cloudisley ShovellW031
16911691CaptainWilliam BokenhamBWAS-1603
16921692/06CaptainBenjamin HoskinsBWAS-1603
1692/061693CaptainStafford FairborneBWAS-1603
16941694CaptainThomas WarrenBWAS-1603
16961696CaptainEdward BibbBWAS-1603
16971697CaptainRobert StapletonBWAS-1603
Commissioned Officers
FromToRankNameSource
16611662LieutenantThomas TraffordB051
16621662LieutenantThomas DarcyB051
Petty Officers
FromToRankNameSource
1697/031699MidshipmanJames BerkeleyW031
Service History
DateEvent Source
1660/01Completed at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £6273.0.0dBWAS-1603
1665/06/03Present at the Battle of Lowestoft 
1666Re-classed as a 58 gun Third Rate 
1666/06/01Present at the Four Days Battle 
1666/07/25Present at the St James Day Battle 
1666/09/18Took the Third Rate Ship of the Line Rubis Off Cape Dungeness 
1672/05/28Present at the Battle of Solebay 
1673/05/28Present at the First Battle of Schooneveld 
1673/06/04Present at the Second Battle of Schooneveld 
1673/08/11Present at the Battle of Texel 
1677Re-classed as a 60 gun Third Rate 
1685Re-classed as a 58 gun Third Rate 
1689Flagship of a squadron patrolling the channel and Irish seaB051
1692/05/27Part of Vice-Admiral Sir George Rooke's Van Division of the Blue squadron at the Battle of BarfleurTRN2
1693In company with Chatham took two French merchantmen while on-route from Madeira to IrelandTRN2
1693/06Part of Sir George Rooke's convoy escort for the Smyrna FleetW004
1694/05/12Part of a squadron of 6 ships which took the French ship Diligent, commanded by Du Guay Trouin near the Scilly IslesTRN2
1694/06/08Flagship of an allied division commanded by the Marquis of Carmarthen supporting failed troop landings in Camaret Bay,TRN2
1695/05/12Took the Fifth Rate Frigate Diligente  
1702Rebuilt at RotherhytheTRN2

Sources
IDDescriptionAuthorType
BWAS-1603 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714Rif WinfieldBook
B051 Biographia Navalis - Volume IJohn CharnockBook
W031 Oxford Dictionary of National BiographyOxford University PressWeb Site
TRN2 The Royal Navy : a history from the earliest times to the present Vol IIWilliam Laid ClowesDigital Book
W004 Ships of the Old NavyMichael PhilipsWeb Site
 
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