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The ten armoured cruisers of the Monmouth class were completed in 1903 and 1904. They were sometimes referred to as the Kent class, and sometimes, along with the succeeding Devonshire class, referred to as "County Class" cruisers.
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| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Bedford | Fairfield, Govan | 19 Feb, 1900 | 31 Aug, 1901 | 11 Nov, 1903 | Sold 21 Aug, 1910 |
| Berwick | Beardmore, Dalmuir | 19 Apr, 1901 | 1902 | 9 Dec, 1903 | Sold 1920 |
| Cornwall | Pembroke Royal Dockyard | 11 Mar, 1901 | 29 Oct, 1902 | 1 Dec, 1904 | Sold 7 Jun, 1920 |
| Cumberland | London & Glasgow | 19 Feb, 1901 | 16 Dec, 1902 | 1 Dec, 1904 | Sold 9 May, 1921 |
| Donegal | Fairfield | 14 Feb, 1901 | 4 Sep, 1902 | 5 Nov, 1903 | Sold 1 Jul, 1920 |
| Essex | Pembroke Royal Dockyard | 1 Jan, 1900 | 29 Aug, 1901 | 22 Mar, 1904 | Sold 8 Nov, 1921 |
| Kent | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard | 12 Feb, 1900 | 6 Mar, 1901 | 1 Oct, 1903 | Sold Jun, 1920 |
| Lancaster | Armstrong | 4 Mar, 1901 | 22 Mar, 1902 | 5 Apr, 1904 | Sold 3 Mar, 1920 |
| Monmouth | London & Glasgow | 29 Aug, 1899 | 13 Nov, 1901 | 2 Dec, 1903 | Sunk 1 Nov, 1914 |
| Suffolk | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard | 25 Mar, 1901 | 15 Jan, 1903 | 21 May, 1904 | Sold 1 Jul, 1920 |
Contents
Searchlights
In 1907, these ships, along with the Powerful, Drake, Cressy, and Devonshire classes and battleships of the Majestic, Canopus, London, and Duncan classes, were to land their searchlights from their tops and obtain two additional 24-inch models from their dockyards for placement on the shelter or boat deck. These were to be augmented by (or further upgraded to?) a pair of 36-in searchlights when they became available.[1]
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.[2]
Dreyer Table
These ships had no fire control tables.[3]
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:[4]
- 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:[5]
- 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 instruments for range, deflection and orders and with Barr and Stroud rate instruments:[6]
- 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.[7]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1907. p. 35. The location for each ship type was placement stipulated in C.N.2 11884/13066, 13.12.1906.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 4, Part 36. p. 9-10.
- ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. pp. 56, 58.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. p. 58.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909. pp. 56, 60.
- ↑ Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914. p. 11.
Bibliography
- Friedman, Norman (2012). British Cruisers of the Victorian Era. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1591140684 (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- McBride, Keith (1988). Grant, Ian. ed. "The First County Class Cruisers of the Royal Navy, Part II: The Devonshires". Warship (Volume XII, Issue 47): pp. 19-23.
- Admiralty, Technical History Section (1920). The Technical History and Index: Alteration in Armaments of H.M. Ships during the War. Vol. 4, Part 34. C.B. 1515 (34) now O.U. 6171/20. At The National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom.
- 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.
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1918). Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. C.B. 1456. Copy No. 10 at Admiralty Library, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
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