Lord Clive Class Monitor (1915)
From The Dreadnought Project
Overview of 8 vessels | |||||
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Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
Earl of Peterborough | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | 16 Jan, 1915 | 28 Aug, 1915 | Oct, 1915 | Sold 8 Nov, 1921 |
General Craufurd | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | 9 Jan, 1915 | 8 Jul, 1915 | Aug, 1915 | Sold 9 May, 1921 |
General Wolfe | Palmer, Hebburn | Jan, 1915 | 9 Sep, 1915 | Nov, 1915 | Sold 9 May, 1921 |
Lord Clive | Harland & Wolff | 9 Jan, 1915 | 10 Jun, 1915 | Jul, 1915 | Sold Oct, 1927 |
Prince Eugene | Harland & Wolff, Govan | 1 Feb, 1915 | 14 Jul, 1915 | Sep, 1915 | Sold 9 May, 1921 |
Prince Rupert | Hamilton | 12 Jan, 1915 | 20 May, 1915 | Jul, 1915 | Sold May, 1923 |
Sir John Moore | Scott | 13 Jan, 1915 | 31 May, 1915 | Jul, 1915 | Sold 8 Nov, 1921 |
Sir Thomas Picton | Harland & Wolff | 16 Jan, 1915 | 30 Sep, 1915 | 15 Nov, 1915 | Sold 8 Nov, 1921 |
Armament
The ships were armed as follows.[1]
As built:
- two B.L. 12-in
- two 12-pdr 12 cwt Q.F. guns[Inference]
Sir John Moore and Prince Rupert:
- two B.L. 12-in
- two 12-pdr 12 cwt Q.F. guns
Prince Eugene and General Craufurd:
- two B.L. 12-in
- two 3-pdr Vickers H.A. or two 3-in H.A. Mark II
Earl of Peterborough, Lord Clive and General Wolfe:
- two B.L. 12-in
- two 2-pdr pom-poms
In November 1918:
- two B.L. 12-in
- two 12-pdr 12 cwt Q.F. guns[Inference]
- one 6-in Mark XII
Sir John Moore and Prince Rupert:
- two B.L. 12-in
- two 12-pdr 12 cwt Q.F. guns
- two 6-in Mark VII
- two B.L. 12-in
- two 3-pdr Vickers H.A. or two 3-in H.A. Mark II
- two 6-in Mark VII
Earl of Peterborough (unchanged):
- two B.L. 12-in
- two 2-pdr pom-poms
- one B.L. 18-in
- two B.L. 12-in
- two 6-in Mark VII
- two 2-pdr pom-poms
- two 3-in H.A.
- one B.L. 18-in
- two B.L. 12-in
- four 4-in Mark IX
- two 2-pdr pom-poms
- two 3-in H.A.
Fire Control
Directors
All eight ships were fitted with directors in 1915.[2] General Wolfe, Lord Clive and Prince Eugene were later fitted with 18-in guns, requiring their directors to be updated in 1918, although this new director was never fitted in Prince Eugene.[3]
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Admiralty, Gunnery Branch (1917). The Director Firing Handbook. O.U. 6125 (late C.B. 1259). Copy No. 322 at The National Archives. ADM 186/227.
- Admiralty, Technical History Section (1919). The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. Vol. 3, Part 23. C.B. 1515 (23) now O.U. 6171/14. At The National Archives. ADM 275/19.
- Buxton, Ian L. (1978). Big Gun Monitors: The History of the Design, Construction and Operation of the Royal Navy's Monitors. Tynemouth: World Ship Society. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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