HMS Havelock (1915)
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Havelock |
| Operator: |  Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
| Laid down: | 12 December 1914 |
| Launched: | 29 April 1915 |
| Commissioned: | May 1915 |
| Honours and awards: |
Dardanelles 1915 |
| Fate: | Sold June 25, 1927 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Abercrombie-class monitor |
| Displacement: | 6,150 long tons (6,250 t) |
| Length: | 334.5 feet (102.0 m) oa 320 feet (98 m) pp |
| Beam: | 90 feet (27 m) |
| Draught: | 10.2 feet (3.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | Two shaft Quadruple Expansion Reciprocating Steam |
| Speed: | 6 knots (11 km/h) |
| Complement: | 198 |
| Armament: |
(as built) 2 × 14 in (356 mm) guns Two 12 pdr AA guns |
| Armour: | Belt 4 in (100mm); bulkheads 4 in (100mm); barbette 8 in (200mm); Turret 10 in (250mm); deck 2 in (50mm) - 1 in (25mm) |
| Aviation facilities: | Fitted to carry a seaplane |
HMS Havelock was an Abercrombie-class monitor of the Royal Navy that saw service in the First World War.
On November 3, 1914, Charles M. Schwab of Bethlehem Steel offered Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, the use of four 14in/45cal BL MK II twin gun turrets, originally destined for the Greek ship Salamis. These turrets could not be delivered to the German builders, due to the British Naval blockade. The Royal Navy immediately designed a class of monitors, designed for shore bombardment, to use the turrets.
HMS Havelock was laid down at the Harland and Wolff Ltd shipyard at Belfast on December 12, 1914. The ship was named General Grant in honour of the US General Ulysses S Grant, however as the United States was still neutral, the ship was hurriedly renamed HMS M2 on May 31, 1915. She was then named HMS Havelock on June 20, 1915.
HMS Havelock sailed for the Dardanelles in June 1915. She remained in the Eastern Mediterranean until returning to England in January 1916. She then served as a guard ship at Lowestoft. She decommissioned in May 1919, and was disarmed in June 1920. Sold for breaking up in May 1921, she was retained in reserve until resold on June 25, 1927 to the Ward shipyard at Preston for breaking up.
[edit] References
- Dittmar, F. J. & Colledge, J. J., "British Warships 1914-1919", (Ian Allen, London, 1972), ISBN 0-7110-0380-7
- Gray, Randal (ed), "Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1906-1921", (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1985), ISBN 0-85177-245-5
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