HMS Montague (1779)
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| Name: | HMS Montague |
| Ordered: | 16 July 1774 |
| Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 30 January 1775 |
| Launched: | 28 August 1779 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1818 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Alfred-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1631 (bm) |
| Length: | 169 ft (52 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 47 ft 2 in (14.38 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | |
HMS Montague was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 August 1779 at Chatham Dockyard.
Montague took part in the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1780 and the Glorious First of June in 1794.
On 30 October 1794 Montague and Ganges captured the French corvette Jacobin. Jacobin was armed with twenty-four 12-pounder guns, and had a crew of 223 men; she was nine days out of Brest and taken nothing. The Royal Navy took Jacobin into service as HMS Matilda.
Montague was broken up in 1818.
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