HMS Monmouth

Last updated September 25, 2021

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.

Battle honours

Ships named Monmouth have earned the following battle honours:

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Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vanguard, meaning the forefront of an action or movement:

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royal Oak, after the Royal Oak in which Charles II hid himself during his flight from the country in the English Civil War:

Thirteen warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Revenge:

Eleven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Kent, after the county of Kent and the Duke of Kent.

Nineteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lion or HMS Lyon, after the lion, an animal traditionally associated with courage, and also used in several heraldric motifs representing England, Scotland and the British Monarchy. Another ship was planned but never completed:

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Devonshire, originally in honour of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, and later after the county of Devonshire.

Eight ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Centurion, after the centurions of ancient Rome. A ninth ship was planned but never built. Ships

Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eagle, after the eagle.

Twelve ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Defiance. Others have borne the name whilst serving as depot ships and tenders to the establishments:

Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Chatham after the port of Chatham, Kent, home of the Chatham Dockyard.

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Unicorn, after the mythological creature, the unicorn:

Fourteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Roebuck after a small deer native to the British Isles:

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bedford, named initially after William Russell, created Duke of Bedford in May 1694 and not after the town of Bedford:

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ruby:

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Captivity. In both cases they were old ships that had been renamed after their conversion to prison ships:

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Crown. Another was planned but never completed:

References

↑ "Monmouth". Open Domesday. King William I of England. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2012.

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[domesday-1] "Monmouth". Open Domesday. King William I of England. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2012.

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