HMS Donegal |
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Name: | HMS Donegal |
Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Govan |
Launched: | 4 September 1902 |
Fate: | Sold 1 July 1920 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement: | 9,800 tons |
Length: | 463.5 ft (141.3 m) |
Beam: | 66 ft (20 m) |
Draught: | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
Propulsion: | 4-cylinder triple-extension steam engines two shafts 31 Belleville boilers 22,000hp |
Speed: | apprx 23 knots |
Complement: | 678 |
Armament: | 10 x 12 pounder guns |
Armour: | 4in (102mm) belt 5in (127mm) barbette 5in (127mm) turret |
HMS Donegal was a Monmouth-class armoured cruiser of the British Royal Navy. She was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd of Govan and launched on 4 September 1902. She served in the First World War with most of her sisters, and survived to be sold for scrap on 1 July 1920. She was initially sold to S. Castle, of Plymouth, but later resold to Granton S. Breaking Co.
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