Drake-class
Monmouth-class
Devonshire-class
Laid down by Fairfield, Govan, Scotland on 14 February 1901, launched on 4 September 1902, commissioned on 5 November 1903 and sol to be broken up on 1 July 1920. Building costs 715.497-752.964 pond sterling. Of the Monmouth-class also called County-class, built to act against light cruisers and armed merchant ships consisting of the Monmouth, Bedford, Essex, Kent, Berwick, Cornwall, Cumberland. Donegal, Lancaster and Suffolk. Preceded by the Drake-class and succeeded by the Devonshire-class. General technical specifications. Displacement 10.000 (normal) and as dimensions 141,3 (over all) x 20,1 x 7,6 metres or 463.6 x 66 x 25 feet. Horsepower of 22.000 ihp supplied by 2-4 cylinder triple expansion steam engines and 31 water tube -boilers allowing a speed of 23 knots. Their crew numbered 678 men. The armour consisted of a 5,1-10,2cm/2-4” thick deck, 1,9-5,1cm/0.75-2” thick decks, 12,7cm/5” thick bulkheads with the gun turrets and conning tower protected by respectively 13c,/5” and 25,4cm/10”. The armament consisted of 2x1+10x1-15,2cm/6” breech loading MkVII guns, 10x1-7,6cm/3”/12pd quick firing 12 cwt guns, 34,7cm/3pd quick firing Hotchkiss guns and 2x1-45cm/18” torpedo tubes.
