Duncan-class
Laid down at Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, England on 10 August 1899, launched on 31 August 1901, baptized by Lady Alice Stanley, completed in May 1903, commissioned on 2 June 1903,refitted at Portsmouth Dockyard between April- May 1917, refitted at Malta 1908-1909, commissioned reserve and used as gunnery training ship at Devonport since 1 July 1913, paid off at Devonport to supply sailors for the anti submarine vessels in August 1917, accommodation ship since January 1918, decommissioned and for sale n April 1919 and sold to the Forth Shipbreaking Company be broken up on 15 January 1920. She was broken up in the Netherlands. Building costs 1.098.159 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.
