Duncan-class
Laid down at the Chatham Dockyard on 1 January 1900, launched on 5 March 1901, baptized by Lady Kennedy. Completed in November 1903, commissioned on 12 November 1903, refitted at Malta May-August 1909, paid off on 30 October 1911, refitted at the Portsmouth Dockyard January-December 1912, paid off to provide sailors for anti submarine vessels, refitted at Liverpool October 1916-March 1917, accommodation ship in reserve at the Devonport Dockyard after March 1917, aded to the Gunnery School in 1919, decommissioned in April 1919, for sale since August 1919, sold to the Cohen Shipbreaking Company to be broken up on 19 November 1919 which was executed at Swansea after April in 1920. Building costs 1.078.395 pond sterling.
Duncan-class consisting of the Duncan, Cornwallis, Montagu, Albemarle, Exmouth and Russell preceded by the London-class and succeeded by the King Edward VII-class. Designed as a British on the building programmes of France and Russia, the latter program including fast battleships. The Duncan-class was unofficially known as The Admirals.
General technical class specifications. Displacement 13.270-13,476 (load)-14.900-15.200 (deep) tons and as dimensions 132 (over all) x 23,01 x 7,85 metres or 432 x 75.6 x 25.9 feet. The 4-cylinder triple expansion steam and 24 Belleville water tube boilers supplied via 2 shafts 18.000 ihp allowing a speed of 19 knots and with a speed of 10 knots a range of 7.000nautical miles. The crew numbered 720 men. The armour consisted of a 18cm/7” thick belt, 18-28cm/7-1” thick bulkheads and 2,5-5,1cm/1-2” thick decks with the gunhouses, barbettes, casemates, and conning tower protected by respectively 20-25cm/8-10”, 10-28cm/4-11”, 15,2cm/6” and 30cm/12”. The armament consisted of 4-30,48cm/12” breech loading /40 Mark IX guns, 12-15,2cm/6” /45 breech loading Mk VII guns, 10-12pd quick firing guns, 6-3pd quick firing guns, 2 machineguns and 2x2-45cm/19” submerged torpedo tubes.
