HMS Monarch

Type:
Battleship
Class:
Builder:
Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth
& Company Ltd.
Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
1909
Keel Laid:
April 13, 1910
Commissioned:
April 6, 1912
Launched:
March 30, 1911
Decommissioned:
1922
Fate:
Sunk as target Jan. 20, 1925

Location: North Atlantic, 76 miles southwest of the Lizard.
(49.07N - 06.20W)


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
581'
Engines:
4 Parsons geared steam turbines
Beam:
88' 2"
Boilers:
18 Yarrow (Coal fired)
Draft:
24' 9"std. / 38' 5" full
Shafts:
4
Displacement:
22,200 std. / 25,870 full
HP:
27,000
Speed:
21 knots
Crew:
800+
Range:
6,730 NM @10 knots
4,110 NM @ 19 knots


Armament as built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
10
13.5"/45 (343mm)
Mk V (L)
5 twin turrets
23,820 yards @ 20° (13.5 miles)
1,250 lb. AP shell
Rate of fire 1-2 RPM

16 (a)
4"/50 (102mm)
casemates
11,600 yards @ 15° (6.5 miles)
31 lb. HE shell
Rate of fire 6-8 RPM

3 (b)
21" (533mm)
Torpedo tubes
2 broadside
1 stern
all submerged
4,500 yards @ 45 knots (2.5 miles)
10,750 yards @ 31 knots (6.1 miles)
515 lb. TNT warhead
Armament notes:
(a):
Reduced to 8 in 1967-17.
(b):
Stern tube removed in 1916.
After 1919 one 4" and one 3" anti-aircraft guns were installed.


History
Dec. 27, 1914:
Collided with HMS Conqueror.
May 31, 1916:
Participated in the Battle of Jutland.


Builder's Data
Page published Oct. 24, 2007