Monmouth-class
Devonshire-class
Duke of Edinburgh-class
Laid down by the
London&Glasgow Shipbuilding Company, Govan, Scotland on 13 June 1902,
launched on19 January 1904, completed on 5 September 1905, torpedoed by a
German submarine in 1915, but saved and repaired, decommissioned in June 1919, recommissioned
as radio training ship later in 1919, decommissioned in February 1920 and sold
to be broken up on 8 November 1921. Building costs 829.327-866.199 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.
