David GraylessMonarca was a 68-gun #shipOfTheLine of the #SpanishNavy, ordered in 1754 to a design by expatriate British ship designer Richard Rooth and launched in 1756. She belonged to the four-ship Triunfante class. She fought at the #BattleOfCapeStVincent in 1780, in which she was captured by the #RoyalNavy and subsequently commissioned as the #thirdRate HMS Monarca. She came under the command of #CaptainJohnGell who was under the orders of #SirSamuelHood to go to the #WestIndies. However.
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