Monmouth (Monmouth Class)


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Laid down 29th August 1899
Launched 13th November 1901
Completed 2nd December 1903
Commissioned N/A
Fate Sunk:
1st November 1914
Builders London & Glasgow, Glasgow
United Kingdom
Complement 678
Dimensions
Displacement 9800 tons max
Dimensions 463' 6" x 66'
Draught 25'
Armament
Main guns 14 x 6" (2 x 2, 10 x 1)
Secondary guns 10 x 12pdr
Torpedo tubes 2 x 18" submerged
Other weapons 3 x 3pdr
Countermeasures None
Armour Belt: 2" - 4"
Deck: 0.75" - 2"
Bulkheads: 5"
C.T.: 10"
Turrets: 5"
Casemates: 2" - 4"
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft None
Flightdeck None
Hangar None
Catapults None
Arrestor system None
Aviation fuel None
Electronics Fit
Radar None
Sonar None
ECM None
Other N/A
Machinery
Engines 31 x Belleville boilers
2 x 4 cyl. triple expansion
Power output 22000ihp
Speed 23kts
Shafts 2
Range N/A
Fuel 1600 tons coal

Monmouth was sunk by gunfire from the German cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau off the Coast of Chile in the battle of Coronel. None of the crew survived.

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