HMS Monmouth

Template:Italic title prefixed Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Monmouth. Monmouth was the name of a castle<ref name=domesday>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and is now the name of a town in Wales; the name also recognises James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, the "Black Duke".

Template:HMS was an 8-gun yacht launched in 1666 and sold in 1698.
Template:HMS was a 66-gun third rate launched in 1667. She was rebuilt in 1700 and 1742, and was broken up in 1767.
Template:HMS 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.
Template:HMS 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 Template:HMS. She became a chapel hulk in 1859, was renamed HMS Monmouth in 1868, and sold in 1902.
Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass armoured cruiser launched in 1901 and sunk at the Battle of Coronel in 1914.
Template:HMS is a Type 23 frigate launched in 1991 and decommissioned in 2021.

Battle honoursEdit

Ships named Monmouth have earned the following battle honours: Template:Div col