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Seven ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Monmouth'''''. Monmouth was the name of a castle<ref name=domesday>{{cite web|title=Monmouth|url=http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO5012/monmouth/|work=Open Domesday|publisher=King William I of England|access-date=2 January 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223121125/http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO5012/monmouth/|archive-date=23 December 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and is now the [[Monmouth, Wales|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 Hotspur (1828)|HMS ''Monmouth'']] was a 46-gun [[fifth rate]] launched in 1828 as {{HMS|Hotspur|1828|6}}.  She became a chapel hulk in 1859, was renamed HMS ''Monmouth'' in 1868, and sold in 1902.
* {{HMS|Monmouth|1901}} was a {{sclass|Monmouth|cruiser|0}} [[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 honour#Naval battle honours|battle honours]]:
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*[[Battle of Solebay|Sole Bay 1672]]
*[[Battle of Texel|Texel 1673]]
*[[Action at Barfleur|Barfleur 1692]]
*[[Battle of Vigo Bay|Vigo 1702]]
*[[Twelfth siege of Gibraltar|Gibraltar 1704]]
*[[Battle of Málaga (1704)|Velez Malaga 1704]]
*[[Battle of Cabrita Point|Marbella 1705]]
*[[First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)|Finisterre 1747]]
*[[Second Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)|Ushant 1747]]
*[[HMS Foudroyant (1758)|''Foudroyant'' 1758]]
*[[Capture of Belle Île|Belle Isle 1761]]
*[[Battle of Sadras|Sadras 1782]]
*[[Battle of Providien|Providien 1782]]
*[[Battle of Negapatam (1782)|Negapatam 1782]]
*[[Battle of Trincomalee|Trincomalee 1782]]
*[[Battle of Camperdown|Camperdown 1797]]
*[[French campaign in Egypt and Syria|Egypt 1801]]
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==References==
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