HMS Montreal (1761)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Montreal.
HMS Montreal was a 32-gun Niger-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1761 and served in the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence. The French captured her in 1779 and she then served with them under the name Montréal. An Anglo-Spanish force destroyed her during the occupation of Toulon early in the French Revolutionary Wars.
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HMS Alarm, a sister ship of HMS Montreal, in 1758 | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Montreal |
Ordered | 6 June 1759 |
Builder | Sheerness Dockyard |
Laid down | 26 April 1760 |
Launched | 15 September 1761 |
Completed | By 10 October 1761 |
Captured | By the French on 1 May 1779 |
France | |
Name | Montréal |
Acquired | 1 May 1779 |
Fate | Destroyed on 18 December 1793 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 32-gun Niger-class fifth-rate frigate |
Tons burthen | 681 71⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 35 ft 8 in (10.9 m) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 220 |
Armament |
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