HMS Monmouth

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) is a Type 23 frigate launched in 1991 and decommissioned in 2021.