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Raglan

HMS Raglan

Sunk

Royal Navy

TypeMonitor
WarFirst World War
Main guns2 × 14-inch (356 mm)/45 caliber guns

Monitor armed with a 14-inch gun. Sunk by Goeben at Imbros in January 1918.

HMS Raglan Photo: en:Royal Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

as built

  • 2 × 14-inch (356 mm)/45 caliber guns
  • 2 × 12-pounder (3-inch) guns
  • 1 × 3-pounder anti-aircraft gun
  • 1 × 2-pounder AA gun

1918

  • 1 × BL 6-inch (152 mm) Mk XII guns
  • 2 × 12-pounder AA guns
  • 1 × 3-pounder AA gun

Armour

  • Belt: 4 in (10 cm)
  • Bulkheads 4 in (10 cm)
  • Barbettes: 8 in (20 cm)
  • Turrets: 10 in (25 cm)
  • Deck: 1–2 in (2.5–5.1 cm)
BuilderHarland & Wolff, Govan
Laid down1 December 1914
Launched29 April 1915
CommissionedMay 1915
Displacement6,150 long tons (6,250 t)
Length334.5 ft (102.0 m)
Speed6.5 kn (7.5 mph; 12.0 km/h)
Complement198

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

Career

Launched

29 April 1915

20 January 1918