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HMS Monkey
Several vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Monkey. * was a gun-brig of 12 guns, built 1801 in Rochester and wrecked 25 December 1810 near Brittany. * was a paddle tug. * was a schooner assigned to the West Indies squadron, launched 1826 and wrecked in 1831 near Tampico. * 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 until sold out in August 1833. * was a steam-powered paddle packet acquired from the Post Office in 1837 and converted to a tug in 1845. She was sold in 1887 * was a dockyard water tank vessel launched 21 December 1896 and assigned to Malta until sunk by German aircraft on 26 April 1942.
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Several vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Monkey. * was a gun-brig of 12 guns, built 1801 in Rochester and wrecked 25 December 1810 near Brittany. * was a paddle tug. * was a schooner assigned to the West Indies squadron, launched 1826 and wrecked in 1831 near Tampico. * 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 until sold out in August 1833. * was a steam-powered paddle packet acquired from the Post Office in 1837 and converted to a tug in 1845. She was sold in 1887 * was a dockyard water tank vessel launched 21 December 1896 and assigned to Malta until sunk by German aircraft on 26 April 1942.
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