Monmouth Class Cruisers Class Overview |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
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Length: |
463' 5" |
Engines: |
2 four cylinder triple expansion |
Beam: |
66' |
Boilers: |
31 (a) (coal fired) |
Draft: |
25' |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
9,800 |
HP: |
22,000 |
Speed: |
23 knots |
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Crew: |
678 |
Range: |
N/A |
Construction notes: |
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(a): |
Niclausse in Berwick and Suffolk, Babcock in Cornwall, Belleville in the others. |
Armament as built
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Guns
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Number
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Type |
Arrangement |
14 |
6"/45 (152mm) |
2 twin turrets 10 in casemates |
10 |
3"/50 (76.2mm) 12 pounders |
Single mounts |
Torpedo tubes |
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2 |
18" (457mm) |
Submerged broadside |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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London & Glasgow Engine & Iron Shipbuilding Company Glasgow, Scotland |
Nov. 13, 1901 |
Dec. 2, 1903 |
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Fate |
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Sunk Nov. 1, 1914 at the Battle of Coronel by SMS Scharnhorst, SMS Gneisenau
and SMS Nürnberg. Location: South Pacific, 25 miles west of Coronel, Chile. (36.58S - 73.37W) (Aprox. position) At lease 738 crewmen killed, no survivors. (Roll of Honour) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke, Wales |
Aug. 29, 1901 |
Mar. 23, 1903 |
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Fate |
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Sold Nov. 8, 1921 to Slough and scrapped in Germany.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth, England |
Mar. 6, 1901 |
Oct. 1, 1903 |
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Fate |
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Sold in Hong Kong in June 1920 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. Govan, Scotland |
Aug. 31, 1901 |
Nov. 11, 1903 |
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Fate |
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Wrecked Aug. 21, 1910 at Quelport Island in the Strait of Korea. Wreck sold
in Oct. 1919 and scraped. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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London & Glasgow Engine & Iron Shipbuilding Company Glasgow, Scotland |
Dec. 16, 1902 |
Dec. 1, 1904 |
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Fate |
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Sold May 9, 1921 to Thomas W. Ward and scrapped at Briton Ferry, Wales in 1923.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. Govan, Scotland |
Sept. 4, 1902 |
Nov. 5, 1903 |
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Fate |
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Sold July 1, 1920 to S. Castle, Plymouth, England, resold to Granton Ship
Breaking Company and scrapped. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Sir William Armstrong, Mitchell & Company Ltd. Elswick, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England |
Mar. 22, 1902 |
Apr. 5, 1904 |
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Fate |
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Sold Mar. 3, 1920 to Thomas W. Ward and scrapped at Birkenhead and
Preston, England. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke, Wales |
Oct. 29, 1902 |
Dec. 1, 1905 |
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Fate |
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Sold July 7, 1920 to Thomas W. Ward and scrapped at Briton Ferry, Wales.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth, England |
Jan. 15, 1903 |
May 21, 1904 |
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Fate |
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Sold July 1, 1920 to S. Castle, scrapped in Germany in 1922.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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William Beardmore & Company Dalmuir, Scotland |
Sept. 20, 1902 |
Dec. 9, 1903 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap July 1, 1920, scrapped in Hamburg, Germany in 1922.
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Page published Nov. 15, 2008 |