HMS ''Hotspur'' was a modified 46-gun

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of the

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. She was built at

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and launched on 9 October 1828. She was laid up incomplete at Plymouth in April 1829. In 1859 she was recorded as being a chapel hulk based at

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– possibly moored at

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. She was recorded again in 1865, at the same location, as a Roman Catholic chapel hulk.Warlow, Ben, ''Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy'', Maritime Books, Liskeard, . She was renamed HMS ''Monmouth'' in 1868, and sold in 1902, after the Roman Catholic Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer was opened in Keyham.

References

* Winfield, Rif & Lyon, David (2004) ''

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: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889''. Chatham Publishing, 2004. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Hotspur 1828 ships Seringapatam-class frigate Ships built in Pembroke Dock