HMS Montagu (1757)
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| Name: | HMS Montague |
| Ordered: | 12 July 1750 |
| Builder: | Sheerness Dockyard |
| Launched: | 15 September 1757 |
| Fate: | Sunk as a breakwater, 1774 |
| General characteristics | |
| 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: | |
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.
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.
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.
Montague served until 1774, when she was sunk to form part of a breakwater.
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