Duncan-class
Laid down at Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Leamouth, London, England on 19 July 1899, launched on 17 July 1901, baptized by Mrs. William L. Ainslie, completed in February 1904, commissioned on 9 February 1904 and torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-32 around 60 nautical miles east of Malta on 9 January 1917. Building costs 1.096.052 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 oonts 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 th egunhouses, 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.
