Duncan-class
Laid down at Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Leamouth, England on 10 July 1899, launched on 21 March 1901, baptized by Mrs. Arnold Hills, completed in October 1903, commissioned on 8 October 1903, gunnery training ship in commissioned reserve at Portsmouth 27 May 1913-May 1914, refitted at Chatham September-May 1914, refitted at Chatham February-July 1915, decommissioned on 19 July 1915, paid off for supplying sailors for the anti submarine vessels in February 1917, refitted at Chatham April 1917-January 1918, still in reserve and used as accommodation ship, decommissioned in March 1919 and sold to Stanlee Shipbreaking Company Limited, Dover, England to be broken up on 18 February 1920 which was executed at Dover since June 1920. Building costs 1.088.897 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.
