The sixth
HMS Monmouth was the name-ship of the
Monmouth-class of armoured cruiser of 9,800 tons displacement, of the
British Royal Navy. Built in
1901, with her heaviest gun being four 6-inch quick-firers. She served on the China Station between
1906 and
1913, before being put in the Reserve Fleet in January 1914.
On the outbreak of the First World War she was remobilised and sent to the 5th Cruiser Squadron of Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock. She participated in the Battle of Coronel and was sunk by SMS Nurnberg[?].
The seventh and current
HMS Monmouth is a Type 23
Duke-class frigate, built at Yarrow Shipbuilders on the river Clyde, and launched on
23 November 1991.