British armoured cruiser HMS Roxburgh 1902-1921

Monmouth-class

Devonshire-class

Duke of Edinburgh-class

Laid down by London&Glasgow Shipbuilding, Govan, Scotland on 13 June 1902, launched on 9 January 1904, completed on 5 September 1905, temporarily placed in reserve in 1919, decommissioned as radio training ship in 1919, paid off in 1920 and sold to be broken up on 8 November 1921. Building costs 829.327-866.199 pond sterling. Engines made by the shipyard.

Of the Devonshire-class armoured cruisers consisting of the Devonshire. Argyll, Hampshire, Antrim, Carnarvon. Hampshire and Roxburgh. Preceded by the Monmouth-class and succeeded by the Duke of Edinburgh-class.

General technical specifications of this class. Displacement 11.020 (normal) tons and as dimensions 144m3 (over all) x 20,9 x 7,3 metres or 473.6 x 68.6 x 24 feet. The 2-shafts, 2-4cylinder triple expansion steam engines, 17 Yarrow boilers and 6 cylindrical boilers supplied 21.000 ihp allowing a speed of 22 knots. Crew numbered 610 men. The armour consisted of a 5,1-15,2cm/2-6” thick belt, 1,8-5,1cm/0.75-2” thick decks, 12,7cm/5” bulkheads with the turrets, barbettes and conning tower protected by respectively 13c./5”, 15,2cm/6” and 30,5cm/12”  thick armour. The armament consisted of 4x1-19,1cm/7.5” breech loading Mk I guns, 6x1-15,2cm/6” Mk VII breech loading guns, 18x1-4,7cm/3pd Hotchkiss quick firing guns and 2x1-45cm/18” torpedo tubes.