HMS Kent was a Monmouth-class armoured cruiser of 9,800 tons displacement, of the British Royal Navy. Launched on 6 March 1901, with her heaviest gun being 6 inch quick-firer. She served on the China Station between 1906 and 1913.

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

The twelfth ship to bear the name HMS Kent, she is a Type 23 Duke class frigate of the British Royal Navy.