HMS Monkey

Several vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Monkey.

  • HMS Monkey (1801) was a gun-brig of 12 guns, built 1801 in Rochester and wrecked 25 December 1810 near Brittany.[1]
  • HMS Monkey (tug) was a steam-powered tugboat launched in 1820 (but apparently not placed on the Navy list until later) and still in use in 1845.[2][3]
  • HMS Monkey (1826) was a schooner assigned to the West Indies squadron, launched 1826 and wrecked in 1831 near Tampico.[4]
  • HMS Monkey (1831) was the merchant schooner Courier, built 1827, and purchased in October 1831 at Bermuda and renamed Monkey. She remained in service as a tender to HMS Blossom until sold out in August 1833.
  • HMS Monkey (1896) was a dockyard water tank vessel launched 21 December 1896 and assigned to Malta until sunk by German aircraft on 26 April 1942.[5]

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