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HMS Monmouth (1772)

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on 16 April by the unexpected arrival of Suffren's squadron, which had also not anticipated finding an enemy force at Porto Praya. The French launched an immediate attack, and it was sometime before the British could respond effectively, eventually driving the French off. Johnstone ordered a pursuit,
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but his damaged ships were unable to catch up with the French. Suffren sailed directly to the Cape, with Johnstone following after completing repairs. Finding the Dutch forewarned and reinforced on his arrival there, Johnstone did not attempt an attack, instead contenting himself with
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had seven guns dismounted,—the wheel twice cleared,—and two seamen only, besides the captain, left alive on the quarterdeck. Forty-five men were killed, and one hundred and two wounded. Alms himself received two splinter wounds in the face, and two musket balls went through his hat.
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in May 1768, under the supervision of Master Shipwright Israel Pownoll and launched from there on 18 April 1772. She was completed at the dockyard between October 1777 and 9 May 1778, after the outbreak of the
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back to Britain at the conclusion of the American War of Independence, and she was paid off in July 1784. She spent a number of years laid up, and was not returned to service on the outbreak of the
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in a number of theatres. May, 1778 under command of Capt. Thomas Collingwood. She was initially in the Caribbean, where she fought at the
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Her first commander, Captain Thomas Collingwood, commissioned her for service in January 1778, and after fitting out she sailed for the
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on the coast of Arabia to bring his warships to reach India in time for the campaigning season. The British fleet rendezvoused with
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Alms struggled with adverse winds and high incidences of sickness, eventually forcing him to leave the
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between December 1779 and December 1780. She recommissioned in late 1780 under the command of Captain
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about to defend his commander, the ship receiving heavy fire as he did so. In this engagement, the
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to foil Johnstone by beating him to the Cape and reinforcing it. Johnstone at first made for the
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Johnstone's squadron was dispatched on a secret expedition to capture the Dutch colony at the
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to carry out repairs. She returned to Britain at the end of the year and was refitted and
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Combat de la baie de la Praia dans l'île de Santiago au Cap Vert, le 16 avril 1781
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and though Johnstone was able to go on and capture several Dutch merchants in the
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She was not immediately commissioned for service, but went on to serve during the
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went on to be involved in a number of indecisive clashes between Hughes and the
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was ordered on 10 September 1767, one of the first batch of four ships of the
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on 20 October 1796, while laid up at Portsmouth, and was fitted out as a
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on 13 March 1781 in command of 46 ships and 3,000 troops under General
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in 1765. The order was approved on 22 October 1767, and the name
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assigned in November that year. She was laid down at
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Index

HMS Monmouth

Great Britain
Prison ship
Intrepid-class
ship of the line
bm
Full-rigged ship
QD
Fc
Intrepid-class
third rate
ship of the line
Royal Navy
Israel Pownoll
Plymouth
American War of Independence
Battle of Grenada
George Johnstone
Cape of Good Hope
Battle of Porto Praya
Battle of Saldanha Bay
James Alms
Sir Edward Hughes
Bailli de Suffren
prison ship
French Revolutionary
Napoleonic Wars
Intrepid class
Sir John Williams

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