HMS Duncan (1901)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down: | 10 July 1899 |
| Launched: | 21 March 1901 |
| Fate: | Sold 18 February 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 14000 tons normal |
| Length: | 432 ft (132 m) |
| Beam: | 75 ft 7 in (23.0 m) |
| Draught: | 22 ft 7 in (6.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | Water tube boilers, 2 × vertical triple expansion engines, 2 shafts, 18,000 ihp |
| Speed: | 19 kt |
| Complement: | 720 |
| Armament: |
Main guns - 4 × 12" (2 × 2) Torpedotubes-4×18" Otherweapons-12×12 pdrQF Countermeasures-None |
| Armour: |
Belt: 7" Barbettes:11" Turrets:10" |
HMS Duncan gave her name to a 6 strong class of Royal Navy Battleships. They were designed with a shallow draught to allow passage through the Suez canal. She had a range of 7,000 miles at ten knots and had a top speed of 18 knots but, though easily handled, was not the most capable vessel in heavy weather. Her main armament consisted of 12 inch guns.
During World War One she was part of the 6th Battle Squadron.
[edit] References
- Pears, Randolph. (1979). British Battleships 1892-1957: The great days of the fleets. G. Cave Associates. ISBN 978-0906223147
- Roger Chesneau and Eugene M. Kolesnik, ed., Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1860-1905, (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1979), ISBN 0-85177-133-5
- Dittmar, F. J. & Colledge, J. J., "British Warships 1914-1919", (Ian Allen, London, 1972), ISBN 0-7110-0380-7
