Mounmouth-class
Devonshire-class
Duke of Edinburgh-class
Laid down at the shipyard of
John Brown&Co., Clydeside, Scotland on 27 August 1902, launched on 8
October 1903, 23 June 1905, decommissioned in end of 1917, recommissioned for
service as convoy escort in mid-1918, laid up in 1919, recommissioned for
testing radio and Asdic devices in March 1920, cadet training ship since 1922,and
sold to be broken up on 19 December 1922 which was executed at Blyth,
Northumberland. Building costs 873.625-899.050 pound sterling. The
Devonshire-class consisted of the Antrim, Argyll, Devonshire, Carnarvon,
Hampshire and Roxburgh, preceded by the Monmouth-class and succeeded by the
Duke of Edinburgh-class. Especially built for protection of the merchant
shipping.
General technical specification.
Displacement 11.020 tons/10.850 long tons (normal) and as dimensions 144,3
(over all) x 20,9 x 7,3 metres or 473.6 x 68.6 x 24 feet. Via 2 shafts supplied
the 2-4 cylinder triple expansion steam engines and 17 Yarrow boilers and 6
cylindrical boilers 21.000 ihp allowing a speed of 22 knots. The crew numbered
610 men. The armour consisted of a 5,1-15,2cm/2-6” thick belt,
1,9-5,1cm/0.75-2” thick decks, with the gun turrets, barbettes, conning tower
and bulkheads protected by 12,7cm/5”, 15,2cm/6”, 30,5cm/12” and 12,7cm/5”. The
armament consisted of 4x1-19,1xm/7.5” breech loading Mk I guns, 6x1-15,2cm/6”
breech loading Mk VII guns, 2x1-12pd or 4,7cm/3” 8 cwt guns, 18x1-3pd or
4,7cm/3” Hotchkiss guns and2x1-45cm/18” torpedo tubes.
