&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:HMS_Monkey_captures_slaver_Midas.jpg) HMS Monkey captures the Spanish slaver Midas, by William John Huggins, National Maritime Museum
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Monkey |
| Builder | McLean, Jamaica[1] |
| Acquired | June 1826[1] |
| Fate | Wrecked, May 1831 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Schooner |
| Tons burthen | 70,[1] or 73,[2] or 75[3] (bm) |
| Length | 53 ft 3 in (16.2 m) (overall); *40 ft 8+1⁄2 in (12.4 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Depth of hold | 7 ft 3 in (2.2 m) |
| Complement | 26[3] |
| Armament | 1 × long 12-pounder gun on a pivot[3] |
HMS Monkey was a schooner of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1826 at Jamaica and assigned to the West Indies squadron. She made three notable captures of slaver ships, one involving a single-ship action against a slave ship much larger and more heavily armed than herself. She was wrecked in 1831 near Tampico.[4]
- ^ a b c d Winfield (2014), p. 273.
- ^ Hepper (1994), p. 161.
- ^ a b c Marshall (1835), pp. 348–9.
- ^ Davis, Peter. "HMS Monkey". Mid-Victorian RN vessels. Retrieved 19 November 2011.