HMS Monmouth
# HMS Monmouth

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Monmouth. Monmouth was the name of a castle 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) is a Type 23 frigate launched in 1991 and decommissioned in 2021.

## Battle honours

Ships named Monmouth have earned the following battle honours:

* Sole Bay 1672
* Texel 1673
* Barfleur 1692
* Vigo 1702
* Gibraltar 1704
* Velez Malaga 1704
* Marbella 1705
* Finisterre 1747
* Ushant 1747
* Foudroyant 1758
* Belle Isle 1761
* Sadras 1782
* Providien 1782
* Negapatam 1782
* Trincomalee 1782
* Camperdown 1797
* Egypt 1801
