H.M.S. Abercrombie (1915)
| HMS Abercrombie | |
| Career | Details |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | |
| Builder: | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 1 January, 1914 |
| Launched: | 15 April, 1915 |
| Commissioned: | 29 May, 1915 |
| Sold: | 1927 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement (normal): | 6,180 tons |
| Length: | 320 feet |
| Beam: | 90 feet |
| Draught: | 10 feet 2 inches |
| Propulsion: | |
| Speed: | 6 knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 198 |
| Armament: |
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HMS Abercrombie was an Abercrombie class monitor of the Royal Navy. Formerly the M1, formerly the Admiral Faragut, her main armament was composed of 14" guns and mounting purchased and constructed in the U.S. for the Greek ship Salamis (ex-Vasilefs Georgios) which at the outbreak of war had been building in Germany.
The ship was laid down in December, 1914 as hull 472 at the Queen's Island yard of Harland & Wolff, Belfast and was launched in April of the following year. She was built in berth no. 2 along with HMS Havelock. By June she was ready for active duty. She was the first of 40 monitors to be built for the Royal Navy over the next 30 years.
After completion she took part in the Gallipoli campaign. In September 1917 she carried a Sopwith Schneider floatplane. In May, 1918 she was refitted and had her 2 14" US-made guns replaced with two Woolwich-constructed variants.
References
- Moss, Michael and Hume, John R. Shipbuilders to the World: 125 Years of Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1861-1986. The Blackstaff Press. Belfast, 1986.
