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Duncan Class Battleships Class Overview |
Dimensions, machinery and performance (general for class) |
Length: |
429' |
Engines: |
2 four cylinder vertically inverted triple expansion |
Beam: |
75' 6" |
Boilers: |
24 Belleville water tube type |
Draft: |
27 (max) |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
14,000 std |
SHP: |
18,000 |
Speed: |
19 knots |
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Crew: |
750 |
Range: |
7,200 NM @ 10 knots |
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Armament as built (general for class) |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
4 |
12"/40 (305mm) Mk IX |
twin turrets |
26,500 yards @ 30° (15 miles) with a 850 lb. armor piercing shell |
12 |
6"/45 (152mm) BL |
single mounts |
17,870 yards @ 20° (10.1 miles) with a 112 lb. HE shell |
12 |
3"/40 (76.2MM) QF |
single mounts |
11,750 yards @ 40° (6.6 miles) with a 12.9 lb. HE shell |
4 |
18" (450mm) torpedo tubes |
all submerged |
800 yards @ 26.5 knots 118 lb. wet gun-cotton warhead |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. Jarrow-on-Tyne, England |
Feb. 19, 1901 |
Feb. 1903 |
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Fate |
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Sunk Apr. 27, 1916 by a mine laid by SMS U-73.
Location: Mediterranean Sea, 4 miles from the entrance to the Grand Harbor, Malta. (Wreck located in July 2003) At least 120 crewmen killed, 625 survivors. (Roll of Honour) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Chatham Dockyard Chatham, England |
Mar. 5, 1901 |
Nov. 12, 1903 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap Nov. 19, 1919.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Montagu (ex Montague) |
Devonport Dockyard Plymouth, England |
Mar. 5, 1901* |
Oct. 1903 |
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Fate |
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Sunk May 29, 1906 (grounded in fog).
Location: Bristol Channel, Shutter Rock, Lundy Island. (51.09.57N - 04.40.40W) Scrapped on site, some parts of the wreck are still there. Laid down as Montague but renamed Montagu. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Thames Iron Works & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Blackwall, London, England |
Mar. 21, 1901 |
Oct. 8, 1903 |
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Fate |
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Sold to Stanlee, Dover, England Feb. 18, 1920 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Thames Iron Works & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
Blackwall, London, England |
July 13, 1901 |
Feb. 1904 |
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Fate |
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Sunk Jan. 9, 1917 by U-32 (torpedo).
Location: Mediterranean Sea off Malta. 15 crewmen were killed. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Cammell Laird Ltd. Birkenhead, England |
Aug. 31, 1901 |
June 1903 |
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Fate |
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Sold for scrap Feb. 15, 1920.
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Class Notes: |
* Some sources give the launch date for Montagu as Apr. 31, 1901. |
Page revised Aug. 25, 2007 |
