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HMS Abercrombie |
Type: |
Monitor |
Class: |
Roberts (Class Overview) |
Builder: |
Vickers Armstrong Ltd. Newcastle-on-Tyne, England |
Pennant Number: |
F-109 |
Ordered: |
April 4, 1941 |
Launched: |
March 31, 1942 |
Keel Laid: |
April 26, 1941 |
Commissioned: |
May 5, 1943 |
Fate: |
Sold in 1954 to T.W. Ward and scrapped at Barrow-in-Furness, England. |
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Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
373' 3" |
Engines: |
2 Parsons single reduction geared turbines |
Beam: |
89' 3" |
Boilers: |
2 Admiralty three drum type |
Draft: |
14' 6" max |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
8,536 std. / 9,717 full |
SHP: |
4,800 |
Speed: |
12.3 knots |
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Crew: |
460 |
Range: |
2,680 NM @ 12 knots |
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Armament as built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
2 |
15"/42 (381mm) |
1 twin turret |
32,500 yards @ 30.5° (18.4 miles) with a 1,938 lb. armor piercing shell |
8 |
4" |
4 twin mounts |
13,840 yards @ 30° |
16 |
1.5"/39 (40mm) |
1 octuple mount 2 quadruple mounts |
5,000 yards AA ceiling 13,300' |
16 |
20mm |
6 twin mounts 4 single mounts |
N/A |
Notes |
The main turret on Abercrombie was one of the spare turrets built for HMS Furious. |
Page revised Dec. 1, 2007 |