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Monarch

HMS Monarch

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeDreadnought battleship
ClassOrion
WarFirst World War
Main guns5 × twin 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns

Fought at Jutland.

HMS Monarch Photo: Unnamed photographer in employ of Bain News Service., Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 5 × twin 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns
  • 16 × single 4-inch (102 mm) guns
  • 3 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Belt: 8–12 in (203–305 mm)
  • Deck: 1–4 inches (25–102 mm)
  • Turrets: 11 in (280 mm)
  • Barbettes: 10 in (254 mm)
BuilderArmstrong Whitworth, Elswick
Laid down1 April 1910
Launched30 March 1911
Commissioned27 April 1912
Displacement21,922 long tons (22,274 t) (normal)
Length581 ft (177.1 m) (o/a)
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement738–750 (1914)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

30 March 1911

31 May – 1 June 1916

Fate

Survived

Sunk as a target, 20 January 1925