Devonshire class cruiser (1903)
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Devonshire |
| Preceded by: | Monmouth class |
| Succeeded by: | Duke of Edinburgh class |
| Completed: | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | first class armoured cruiser |
| Displacement: | 10,850 tons |
| Length: | 450 ft (140 m) |
| Beam: | 68 ft 6 in (20.9 m) |
| Draught: | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Speed: | 22 knots (41km/h) |
| Complement: | 655 |
| Armament: | 4 x 7.5in (190mm) guns 6 x 6inch (153mm) guns 18 x 3 pounder guns 2 x 18in (460mm) torpedo tubes |
The Devonshire class was a class of six armoured cruisers of the Royal Navy, launched in 1903–1904 at a cost of around £850,000 each.
The design was similar to the Monmouth class except that the twin 6 inch (153 mm) turrets were replaced with 7.5 inch (190 mm) single turrets.
All ships of the class served in World War I. Argyll was wrecked, and Hampshire was sunk by a naval mine. The four survivors were disposed of soon after the end of the war.
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[edit] Ships
- Antrim, launched on 8 October 1903, sold for breaking up on 19 December 1922.
- Argyll, launched on 3 March 1904, wrecked on 28 October 1915.
- Carnarvon, launched on 7 October 1903, sold for breaking up on 8 November 1921.
- Devonshire, launched on 30 April 1904, sold for breaking up on 9 May 1921.
- Hampshire, launched on 4 September 1903, sunk by a naval mine on 5 June 1916.
- Roxburgh, launched on 19 January 1904, sold on 8 November 1921.
[edit] Building Programme
The following table gives the build details and purchase cost of the members of the Devonshire class. Standard British practice at that time was for these costs to exclude armament and stores. The 1905 edition costs were compiled before the ships were complete.
| Ship | Builder | Engine Maker |
Date of | Cost according to | |||
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| Laid Down | Launch | Completion | ( BNA 1905)[1] | ( BNA 1906)[2] | |||
| Devonshire | Chatham Dockyard | Thames Ironworks | 25 Mar 1902 | 30 Apr 1904 | 24 Aug 1905 | £900,792 *** | £818,167 |
| Antrim | John Brown, Clydebank | John Brown | 27 Aug 1902 | 8 Oct 1903 | 23 Jun 1905 | £899,050 *** | £873,625 |
| Argyll | Scott, Greenock | Greenock Foundry | 1 Sep 1902 | 3 Mar 1904 | December 1905 | £912,588 *** | £873,598 |
| Carnarvon | Beardmore | Humphrys | 1 Oct 1902 | 17 Oct 1903 | 29 May 1905 | £899,465 *** | £858,130 |
| Hampshire | Armstrong, Elswick | Hawthorn | 1 Sep 1901 | 24 Sep 1903 | 15 Jul 1905 | £872,327 *** | £833,817 |
| Roxburgh | London & Glasgow Shipping Company |
London & Glasgow Shipping Company |
13 Jun 1902 | 9 Jan 1904 | 5 Sep 1905 | £866,199 *** | £829,327 |
*** = cost published by Brassey before the ship was complete. i.e. The total cost may have been more than this.
[edit] References
- Brassey, T.A. (ed) The Naval Annual 1905
- Chesnau, Roger and Kolesnik, Eugene (Ed.) Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1860-1905. Conway Maritime Press, 1979. ISBN 0-83170-302-4
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Jane's Fighting Ships, 1919.
- Leyland, J. and Brassey, T.A. (ed) The Naval Annual 1906
[edit] Notes
[edit] See also
- Another Devonshire class formed part of the County class, launched in 1926–1928.
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