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The ten [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]] of the '''Monmouth Class''' were completed in 1903 and 1904.
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The ten [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]] of the '''''Monmouth'' class''' were completed in 1903 and 1904.  They were sometimes referred to as the ''Kent'' class.
  
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==Armament==
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| [[H.M.S. Berwick (1902)|''Berwick'']] || Beardmore || || 20 Sept., 1902 || || 36 || P.74 || P.08 || Sold, 1 July, 1920
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| [[H.M.S. Cornwall (1902)|''Cornwall'']] || Pembroke || || 29 October, 1902 || || D.31 || P.04 || P.84 || Sold, 7 June, 1920
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| [[H.M.S. Cumberland (1902)|''Cumberland'']] || L. & G. || || 16 December, 1902 || || D.37 || P.76 || P.86 || Sold, 9 May, 1921
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| [[H.M.S. Donegal (1902)|''Donegal'']] || Fairfield || || 4 September, 1902 || || 9C || || 55 || Sold, 1 July, 1920
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| [[H.M.S. Essex (1901)|''Essex'']] || Pembroke || || 29 August, 1901 || || 51 || || 62 || Sold, 8 November, 1921
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| [[H.M.S. Kent (1901)|''Kent'']] || Portsmouth || || 6 March, 1901 || || P.27 || P.80 || P.99 || Sold, June, 1920
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| [[H.M.S. Lancaster (1902)|''Lancaster'']] || Armstrong's || || 22 March, 1902 || || 71 || || 78 || Sold, 3 March, 1920
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| [[H.M.S. Monmouth (1901)|''Monmouth'']] || L. & G. || || 13 November, 1901 || || D.28 || || || Sunk, 1 November, 1914
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| [[H.M.S. Suffolk (1903)|''Suffolk'']] || Portsmouth || || 15 January, 1903 || || 20 || P.87 || P.A5 || Sold, 1 July, 1920
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==Armament==
 
During the war, along with those of other older ships, the six 6-inch guns in lower casemates proved of little use in practical sea states.  They were moved to the upper deck in spray shields and their old positions plated up.  Six 12-pdr guns so displaced were relocated to the forward casemates and after shelter deck.  The alteration greatly improved the sea-keeping qualities of the ships.<ref>''Technical History and Index'' Vol. 4, Part 36, p. 9-10.</ref>
 
During the war, along with those of other older ships, the six 6-inch guns in lower casemates proved of little use in practical sea states.  They were moved to the upper deck in spray shields and their old positions plated up.  Six 12-pdr guns so displaced were relocated to the forward casemates and after shelter deck.  The alteration greatly improved the sea-keeping qualities of the ships.<ref>''Technical History and Index'' Vol. 4, Part 36, p. 9-10.</ref>
  
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===Dreyer Table===
 
===Dreyer Table===
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These ships had no fire control tables.<ref>absent from list in ''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>
 
These ships had no fire control tables.<ref>absent from list in ''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>
  
 
===Fire Control Instruments===
 
===Fire Control Instruments===
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By 1909, the 10 ships in this class were evenly split into two different types of fire control equipment.
 
By 1909, the 10 ships in this class were evenly split into two different types of fire control equipment.
  

Revision as of 14:17, 24 April 2012

The ten armoured cruisers of the Monmouth class were completed in 1903 and 1904. They were sometimes referred to as the Kent class.

Name Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Pendant Numbers Fate
1914 September, 1915 January, 1918
Berwick Beardmore 20 Sept., 1902 36 P.74 P.08 Sold, 1 July, 1920
Cornwall Pembroke 29 October, 1902 D.31 P.04 P.84 Sold, 7 June, 1920
Cumberland L. & G. 16 December, 1902 D.37 P.76 P.86 Sold, 9 May, 1921
Donegal Fairfield 4 September, 1902 9C 55 Sold, 1 July, 1920
Essex Pembroke 29 August, 1901 51 62 Sold, 8 November, 1921
Kent Portsmouth 6 March, 1901 P.27 P.80 P.99 Sold, June, 1920
Lancaster Armstrong's 22 March, 1902 71 78 Sold, 3 March, 1920
Monmouth L. & G. 13 November, 1901 D.28 Sunk, 1 November, 1914
Suffolk Portsmouth 15 January, 1903 20 P.87 P.A5 Sold, 1 July, 1920

Armament

During the war, along with those of other older ships, the six 6-inch guns in lower casemates proved of little use in practical sea states. They were moved to the upper deck in spray shields and their old positions plated up. Six 12-pdr guns so displaced were relocated to the forward casemates and after shelter deck. The alteration greatly improved the sea-keeping qualities of the ships.[1]

Main Battery

Secondary Battery

Other Guns

Torpedoes

Fire Control

Rangefinders

Evershed Bearing Indicators

Gunnery Control

Control Positions

Control Groups

Directors

Main Battery

Secondary Battery

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

These ships had no fire control tables.[2]

Fire Control Instruments

By 1909, the 10 ships in this class were evenly split into two different types of fire control equipment.

Bedford, Essex, Kent, Monmouth and Suffolk were fitted with Barr and Stroud Mark II equipment with a few gongs and bells from other sources:[3]

  • Combined Range, Order, Deflection: 6 transmitters, 27 receivers
  • Group Switches: 3
  • Rate: 4 transmitters, 8 receivers
  • Bearing: none
  • Range: none

Additionally, this class had the following fire control equipment:[4]

  • Siemens Fire Gongs (turrets): 4 with 2 keys
  • Vickers Fire Gongs (elsewhere): 10 with 4 keys
  • Siemens Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 16 with 1 key

Berwick, Cornwall, Cumberland, Donegal and Lancaster were equipped with Vickers, Son and Maxim instruments for range, deflection and orders and with Barr and Stroud rate instruments:[5]

  • Vickers range transmitters: 6
  • Vickers deflection transmitters: 6
  • Vickers combined range and deflection receivers: 21
  • Vickers C.O.S.: 3
  • Vickers Check fire switches: 6
  • Barr and Stroud rate transmitters: 4
  • Barr and Stroud rate receivers: 8
  • Siemens Fire Gongs (turrets): 4 with 2 keys
  • Vickers Fire Gongs (elsewhere): 6 with 2 keys
  • Siemens Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 16 with 1 key

None of the ships had Target Visible or Gun Ready signals.[6]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Technical History and Index Vol. 4, Part 36, p. 9-10.
  2. ↑ absent from list in Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  3. ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909, pp. 56, 58.
  4. ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909, p. 58.
  5. ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909, pp. 56, 60.
  6. ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914, p. 11.

Bibliography

  • Template:BibUKTHVol4Part34
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1910). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. Copy No. 173 is Ja 345a at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
  • Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1914). Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914. G. 01627/14. C.B. 1030. Copy 1235 at The National Archives. ADM 186/191.
  • Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918
  • McBride, Keith (1988). Grant, Ian. ed. "The First County Class Cruisers of the Royal Navy, Part I: The Monmouths". Warship (Volume XII, Issue 46): pp. 19-26.

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