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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Monmouth. Monmouth was the name of a castle[1] and is now the name of a town in Wales; the name also recognises James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, the "Black Duke".
- HMS Monmouth (1666) was an 8-gun yacht launched in 1666 and sold in 1698.
- HMS Monmouth (1667) was a 66-gun third rate launched in 1667. She was rebuilt in 1700 and 1742, and was broken up in 1767.
- HMS Monmouth (1772) was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1772. She became a prison ship and named HMS Captivity in 1796, and was broken up in 1818.
- HMS Monmouth (1796) was a 64-gun third rate, originally the Indiaman Belmont. She was purchased on the stocks and launched in 1796. She became a sheer hulk in 1815 and was broken up in 1834.
- HMS Monmouth was a 46-gun fifth rate launched in 1828 as HMS Hotspur. She became a chapel hulk in 1859, was renamed HMS Monmouth in 1868, and sold in 1902.
- HMS Monmouth (1901) was a Monmouth-class armoured cruiser launched in 1901 and sunk at the Battle of Coronel in 1914.
- HMS Monmouth (F235) was a Type 23 frigate launched in 1991 and decommissioned in 2021. She was sold for scrapping in 2025.[2][3]
Battle honours
[edit]Ships named Monmouth have earned the following battle honours:
References
[edit]- ↑ "Monmouth". Open Domesday. King William I of England. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Farewell HMS Monmouth – first of the Type 23 frigates to be scrapped is towed away". Navy Lookout. 3 April 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
- ↑ Freddie Webb (28 January 2025). "Royal Navy: HMS Monmouth auctioned off as Turkish scrapyard companies bid for Type 23 frigate". The News. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
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