HMS Montreal (1761)

HMS Alarm, a sister ship of HMS Montreal, in 1758
History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Montreal
Ordered6 June 1759
BuilderSheerness Dockyard
Laid down26 April 1760
Launched15 September 1761
CompletedBy 10 October 1761
CapturedBy the French on 1 May 1779
Royal French EnsignFrance
NameMontréal
Acquired1 May 1779
FateDestroyed on 18 December 1793
General characteristics
Class and type32-gun Niger-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen681 7194 (bm)
Length
  • 125 ft 8 in (38.3 m) (overall)
  • 103 ft 4 in (31.5 m) (keel)
Beam35 ft 8 in (10.9 m)
Depth of hold12 ft (3.7 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement220
Armament
  • Upperdeck: 26 × 12-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns
  • 12 × ½-pounder swivels

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.