Drake-class
Monmouth-class
Devonshire-class
Laid down at Portsmouth Dockyard on 12 February 1900, launched on 6 March 1901, completed on 1 October 1903, destroyed in the Battle of the Falklands the German light cruiser SMS Nürnberg (1) on 8 December 1914, attacked with the HMS Glasgow (2) the German light cruiser SMS Dresden (3) in the Battle of the Chilean island Más a Tierra ending in her being scuttled in the Cumberland Bay (Robinso Crusoe Island, begin 1919 ordered to support at Vladivostok, Russia the so-called Siberian Intervention during the civil war going on in Russia and at Hong Kong in March 1920 for sale to be broken up and finally sold on 20 June 1920. Building costs 700.283-733.940 pond sterling.
Notes
1. Königsberg-light cruiser, laid down at Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany in 1906, launched on 28 April 1906 and commissioned on 10 Aril 1908. Armament consisted of 10-10,5cm/4.1” quick firing guns and 2-45cm/18” torpedo tubes.
2. Dresden-class light cruiser, Laid down by Fairfield Shipbuilding&Engineering, Govan, Scotland on 25 March 1909, launched on 30 September 1909, commissioned in September 1910 and sold to be broken up in 29 April 1927. Armament consisted of 2x1-15,2cm/6” breech loading Mk XI guns, 10x1-10,2cm/4” breech loading Mk VII guns, 4-4,7cm/1.9”/3pd quick firing guns and 2-45,7cm/18” torpedo tubes.
3. Laid down at Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany in 1906, launched on 15 October 1907 and commissioned on 14 November 1908.Armament consisted of 10-10,4cm/4.1” quick firing L/40 guns, 8-5,2cm/2” quick firing L/55 guns and 2-45cm.17.7” torpedo tubes.
