Link to my timelapse of this ship - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocR5Ub6fyt0

render was done by FinnMcShipBuilder - www.youtube.com/channel/UCXx6QUA3NbS02Ettc2r768g

water render by Tiger

HMS Monmouth is the sixth "Duke"-class Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. She is the seventh ship to bear the name and was launched by Lady Eaton in 1991, being commissioned two years later.

Affectionately known as "The Black Duke", Monmouth is the only ship in service with the Royal Navy that has its name painted in black and flies a plain black flag in addition to the ensign. This is due to the dissolution of the title and the blacking out of the Coat of Arms of the Duke of Monmouth in 1685 following the Monmouth Rebellion against James II of England. As of 2018, Monmouth carries the most battle honours of any ship name currently serving in the Royal Navy

Name:	HMS Monmouth
Operator:	Royal Navy
Ordered:	July 1988
Builder:	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down:	1 June 1989
Launched:	23 November 1991
Commissioned:	24 September 1993
Refit:	Major 2014–2015
Homeport:	HMNB Devonport, Plymouth
Identification:	IMO number: 8949630 MMSI number: 234617000 Callsign: GCOC
Motto:	"Fear Nothing But God"
Nickname(s):	"The Black Duke"[1]
Status:	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type:	Type 23 Frigate
Displacement:	4,900 t (4,800 long tons; 5,400 short tons)[2]
Length:	133 m (436 ft 4 in)
Beam:	16.1 m (52 ft 10 in)
Draught:	7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
Propulsion:	CODLAG: 4 × 1,510 kW (2,025 shp) Paxman Valenta 12CM diesel generators 2 × GEC electric motors delivering 2,980 kW (4,000 shp) 2 × Rolls-Royce Spey SM1C delivering 23,190 kW (31,100 shp)
Speed:	In excess of 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range:	7,500 nautical miles (14,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement:	185 (accommodates 205)
Electronic warfare & decoys:	UAF-1 ESM, or, UAT Mod 1 Seagnat Type 182 towed torpedo decoy Surface Ship Torpedo Defence
Armament:	Anti-air missiles: 1 × 32-cell Sea Wolf GWS.26 VLS canisters for 32: Sea Wolf (range 1–10 km) or Sea Ceptor missiles (1-25+ km) Anti-ship missiles: 2 × quad Harpoon launchers Anti-submarine torpedoes: 2 × twin 12.75 in (324 mm) Sting Ray torpedo tubes Guns: 1 × BAE 4.5 inch Mk 8 naval gun 2 × 30 mm DS30M Mk2 guns, or, 2 × 30 mm DS30B guns 2 × Miniguns 4 × General-purpose machine guns
Aircraft carried:	1 × Lynx HMA8, armed with; 4 × Sea Skua anti ship missiles, or 2 × anti-submarine torpedoes or 1 × Westland Merlin HM1, armed with; 4 × anti-submarine torpedoes
Aviation facilities:	Flight deck Enclosed hangar