H.M.S. Monmouth
1903
(Navis 134N)
- Class: Monmouth - 10 first class armoured cruisers of 1898-1901
- Displacement: 9,800 tons
- Dimensions: 440ft (pp) 463ft 6in (oa) x 66ft x 25ft
- Machinery: 2-shaft, 4 cyl TE, 31 Belleville boilers, 22,000ihp = 23 knots
- Armament: 14-6in (2x2+10x1), 10-12pdr QF, 3-3pdr QF 2-18in TT sub
- Armor: Belt 4in-2in, bulkheads 5in, decks 3in-1in, casemates 4in-2in, turrets 5in, barbettes 5in, ammunition hoists 2in, CT 10in
- Complement: 678
- Builder: Vickers, Barrow
- Laid Down: 29 Aug 1899
- Launched: 13 Nov 1901
- Completed: 2 Dec 1903
- Notes: Part of RAdm Christopher Craddock's British squadron at the Battle of Coronel, 1 Nov 1914. She was crippled by the German squadron under Adm Graf von Spee in flagship Scharnhorst and finally sunk by the Nürnberg.
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