Five cable-laying ships have been named CS Monarch, or, after the nationalisation of British telegraph companies, HMTS Monarch:
- CS Monarch (1830), a paddle steamer built in 1830, used as a cable ship by Electric Telegraph Company from 1853 onwards.[1]
- HMTS Monarch (1883), built in 1883 for the Post Office. Sunk 1915 off Folkestone in World War I.[2][3]
- HMTS Monarch (1916), built in 1916 as a replacement for CS Alert but named Monarch after the 1915 sinking.[4] Badly damaged by friendly fire from an American ship during the Normandy landings (Monarch was tasked with providing a telephone connection to France).[5] Sunk by U-boat off Folkestone 16 April 1945 after repairing a cable to the Netherlands.[6]
- HMTS Monarch (1945), launched in 1945 and completed in 1946 she was renamed HMTS Sentinel in 1970 and broken up in 1977.[7][8]
- HMTS Monarch (1973), launched in 1973 and broken up in 2003.[9]
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See also
edit- Monarch (disambiguation)#Ships, for other ships named Monarch
References
edit- ↑ K. R. Haigh, Cableships and Submarine Cables, pp. 196–197, Adlard Coles, 1968 OCLC 497380538.
- ↑ Haigh, pp. 204–205
- ↑ "MONARCH". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ↑ Haigh, pp. 206–207
- ↑ Paul Kemp, Friend or Foe: Friendly Fire at Sea 1939-1945, pp. 37–38, Pen and Sword, 1993 ISBN 0850523850.
- ↑ SS Monarch (III), Wreck Site, retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ↑ Haigh, p. 211
- ↑ "Monarch (5239216)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ↑ "C.S.Monarch (7341192)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
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