Monmouth-class
Devonshire-class
Duke of Edinburgh-class
Laid down at the shipyard of
Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, England on 1 September 1902, launched on 24
September 1903, completed on 15 July 1905 and sunk hitting mines laid by the
German submarine U-75 off the mainland of Orkney between Brough of Birsay and
Marwick Head while destined towards Russia on 5 June 1916. Of the 662 men on
board just 12 survived. Secretary of State of War Lord Kitchener and his
complete staff all died. Building costs 833.817-872.327 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.
