Five
cable-laying ships have been named CS ''Monarch'', or, after the nationalisation of British telegraph companies, HMTS ''Monarch'':
* , a paddle steamer built in 1830, used as a cable ship by
Electric Telegraph Company
The Electric Telegraph Company (ETC) was a British telegraph company founded in 1846 by William Fothergill Cooke and John Ricardo. It was the world's first public telegraph company. The equipment used was the Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph, ...
from 1853 onwards.
* , built in 1883 for the Post Office. Sunk 1915 off Folkestone in World War I.
* , built in 1916 as a replacement for but named ''Monarch'' after the 1915 sinking. Badly damaged by friendly fire from an American ship during the Normandy landings (Monarch was tasked with providing a telephone connection to France). Sunk by U-boat off Folkestone 16 April 1945 after repairing a cable to the Netherlands.
* , launched in 1945 and completed in 1946 she was renamed CS ''Sentinel'' in 1970 and broken up in 1977.
* , launched in 1973 and broken up in 2003.
See also
*
Monarch (disambiguation)#Ships, for other ships named ''Monarch''
References
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Ship names