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The ten [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruisers]] of the '''''Monmouth'' class''' were completed in 1903 and 1904. They were sometimes referred to as the ''Kent'' class, and sometimes, along with the succeeding [[Devonshire Class Cruiser (1903)|''Devonshire'' class]], referred to as [[County Class Cruiser (1901)|"County Class" cruisers]]. <div name=fredbot:ships> {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: 0 0 1em 0.5em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;" align=center; |- ! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 10 vessels |- | colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> |- ! align=center | Name ! align=center | Builder ! align=center | Laid Down ! align=center | Launched ! align=center | Completed ! align=center | Fate |- align=left | {{UK-Bedford}} |[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]], Govan |19 Feb, 1900 |31 Aug, 1901 |11 Nov, 1903 |Sold 21 Aug, 1910 |- align=left | {{UK-1Berwick}} |[[William Beardmore & Company]], Dalmuir |19 Apr, 1901 |1902 |9 Dec, 1903 |Sold 1920 |- align=left | {{UK-1Cornwall}} |[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]] |11 Mar, 1901 |29 Oct, 1902 |1 Dec, 1904 |Sold 7 Jun, 1920 |- align=left | {{UK-1Cumberland}} |[[London & Glasgow]] |19 Feb, 1901 |16 Dec, 1902 |1 Dec, 1904 |Sold 9 May, 1921 |- align=left | {{UK-Donegal}} |[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]] |14 Feb, 1901 |4 Sep, 1902 |5 Nov, 1903 |Sold 1 Jul, 1920 |- align=left | {{UK-Essex}} |[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]] |1 Jan, 1900 |29 Aug, 1901 |22 Mar, 1904 |Sold 8 Nov, 1921 |- align=left | {{UK-1Kent}} |[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]] |12 Feb, 1900 |6 Mar, 1901 |1 Oct, 1903 |Sold Jun, 1920 |- align=left | {{UK-Lancaster}} |[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]] |4 Mar, 1901 |22 Mar, 1902 |5 Apr, 1904 |Sold 3 Mar, 1920 |- align=left | {{UK-Monmouth}} |[[London & Glasgow]] |29 Aug, 1899 |13 Nov, 1901 |2 Dec, 1903 |Sunk 1 Nov, 1914 |- align=left | {{UK-1Suffolk}} |[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]] |25 Mar, 1901 |15 Jan, 1903 |21 May, 1904 |Sold 1 Jul, 1920 |} </div name=fredbot:ships> ==Binoculars== In September 1914, the ships were allowed four additional pairs of Pattern 343 Service Binoculars.{{AWO1914|331 of 8 Sep, 1914}} ==Searchlights== In 1907, these ships, along with the [[Powerful Class Cruiser (1895)|''Powerful'']], [[Drake Class Cruiser (1901)|''Drake'']], [[Cressy Class Cruiser (1899)|''Cressy'']], and [[Devonshire Class Cruiser (1903)|''Devonshire'']] classes and battleships of the [[Majestic Class Battleship (1894)|''Majestic'']], [[Canopus Class Battleship (1897)|''Canopus'']], [[London Class Battleship (1899)|''London'']], and [[Duncan Class Battleship (1901)|''Duncan'']] classes, were to land their searchlights from their tops and obtain two additional 24-inch models from their dockyards for placement on the shelter or boat deck. These were to be augmented by (or further upgraded to?) a pair of 36-in searchlights when they became available.{{ARTS1907|p. 35. The location for each ship type was placement stipulated in C.N.2 11884/13066, 13.12.1906}} ==Armament== During the war, along with those of other older ships, the six 6-inch guns in lower casemates proved of little use in practical sea states. They were moved to the upper deck in spray shields and their old positions plated up. Six 12-pdr guns so displaced were relocated to the forward casemates and after shelter deck. The alteration greatly improved the sea-keeping qualities of the ships.{{UKTHVol4Part36|p. 9-10}} ===Guns=== * fourteen 6-in Mark VII or Mark VIII guns (variously) on T. I mountings ({{UK-1Cornwall}}, {{UK-Essex}}, {{UK-1Kent}}, {{UK-1Suffolk}}) or T. II mountings ({{UK-1Berwick}}, {{UK-1Cumberland}}, {{UK-Donegal}}, {{UK-Lancaster}}){{TheSightM|pp. 7-8}} In February, 1913, the 6-in mountings, along with many other 4-in and 6-in mountings in various capital ships and cruisers were to have illumination added for their training index racers.<ref>Admiralty Weekly Orders. {{TNA|ADM 182/4}}. 21 Feb, 1913 entries. pp. 3-4.</ref> <!-- ===Other Guns=== --> ===Torpedoes=== * two 18-in submerged broadside tubes forward, depressed three degrees and bearing abeam; axis of tube was 7 foot 6 inches below load water line and 1 feet 6 inches above deck.{{UKTorpM1909III|p. 265}} ==Dreyer Table== These ships had no fire control tables.{{DreyerH|p. 3}} ==Fire Control Instruments== By 1909, the 10 ships in this class were evenly split into two different types of fire control equipment. {{UK-Bedford}}, {{UK-Essex}}, {{UK-1Kent}}, {{UK-Monmouth}} and {{UK-1Suffolk}} were fitted with Barr and Stroud Mark II equipment with a few gongs and bells from other sources:{{HFCI1909|pp. 56, 58}} * Combined Range, Order, Deflection: 6 transmitters, 27 receivers * Group Switches: 3 * Rate: 4 transmitters, 8 receivers * Bearing: none * Range: none Additionally, this class had the following fire control equipment:{{HFCI1909|p. 58}} * Siemens Fire Gongs (turrets): 4 with 2 keys * Vickers Fire Gongs (elsewhere): 10 with 4 keys * Siemens Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 16 with 1 key {{UK-1Berwick}}, {{UK-1Cornwall}}, {{UK-1Cumberland}}, {{UK-Donegal}} and {{UK-Lancaster}} were equipped with [[Vickers]] instruments for range, deflection and orders and with [[Barr and Stroud]] [[Range Rate|rate]] instruments:{{HFCI1909|pp. 56, 60}} * Vickers range transmitters: 6 * Vickers deflection transmitters: 6 * Vickers combined range and deflection receivers: 21 * Vickers C.O.S.: 3 * Vickers Check fire switches: 6 * Barr and Stroud rate transmitters: 4 * Barr and Stroud rate receivers: 8 * Siemens Fire Gongs (turrets): 4 with 2 keys * Vickers Fire Gongs (elsewhere): 6 with 2 keys * Siemens Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 16 with 1 key None of the ships had ''Target Visible'' or ''Gun Ready'' signals.{{HFCI1914|p. 11}} In mid-1913 it was approved that the nine remaining ships receive a [[Mark III Dumaresq]], Pattern 760. Having been supplied with the Mark III variant, they were to surrender a Mark I instrument.{{AWO1913|283 of 6 June, 1913}} ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monmouth_class_cruiser}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{FriedmanBritishCruisersVictorian}} *{{McBrideCountiesII}} *{{UKTHVol4Part34}} *{{HFCI1909}} *{{HFCI1914}} *{{DreyerH}} {{refend}} {{Footer Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Monmouth}} {{CatClassArmouredCruiser|UK}} <!-- data nat=UK cat=ArmouredCruiser type=armoured cruiser chain=Major Cruisers {ship name=Bedford pend= builder=[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]], Govan{{Conways1860|p. 70}} order=1899-1900 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 70}} laid=19 Feb, 1900{{Conways1860|p. 70}} launch=31 Aug, 1901{{Conways1860|p. 70}} comm=11 11 03{{Conways1860|p. 70}} fate=Sold fate2=21 Jan 1910?{{Conways1860|p. 70}} fatedate=21 Aug 1910{{DittColl|p. 42}} } {ship name=Berwick pend=36 (1914)<br>P.74 (Sep 1915)<br>P.08 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 42}} builder=[[William Beardmore & Company]], Dalmuir{{Conways1860|p. 70}} order=1900-01 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 70}} laid=19 4 01{{Conways1860|p. 70}} launch=1902{{Conways1860|p. 70}} comm=9 Dec, 1903{{Conways1860|p. 70}} fate=Sold fate2= fatedate=1920{{Conways1860|p. 70}} } {ship name=Cornwall pend=D.31 (1914)<br>P.04 (Sep 1915)<br>P.84 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 42}} builder=[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 70}} order=1900-01 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 70}} laid=11 Mar, 1901{{Conways1860|p. 70}} launch=29 Oct, 1902{{Conways1860|p. 70}} comm=1 12 04{{Conways1860|p. 70}} fate=Sold fate2=to Ward{{DittColl|p. 42}} fatedate=7 Jun, 1920{{DittColl|p. 42}} } {ship name=Cumberland pend=D.37 (1914)<br>P.76 (Sep 1915)<br>P.86 (Jan 1918)<ref>Dittmar; Colledge. ''British Warships: 1914-1919''. p. 42.</ref> builder=[[London & Glasgow]]{{Conways1860|p. 70}} order=1900-01 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 70}} laid=19 Feb, 1901{{Conways1860|p. 70}} launch=16 Dec, 1902{{Conways1860|p. 70}} comm=1 12 04{{Conways1860|p. 70}} fate=Sold fate2=Sold to Ward{{DittColl|p. 42}} fatedate=9 May, 1921{{DittColl|p. 42}} } {ship name=Donegal pend=9C (1914)<br>55 (Jan 1918)<br>N.28 (Apr 1918)<ref>Dittmar; Colledge. ''British Warships: 1914-1919''. p. 42.</ref> builder=[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 70}} order=1900-01 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 70}} laid=14 Feb, 1901{{Conways1860|p. 70}} launch=4 Sep, 1902{{Conways1860|p. 70}} comm=5 11 03{{Conways1860|p. 70}} fate=Sold fate2=to Castle; resold{{DittColl|p. 42}} fatedate=1 Jul, 1920{{DittColl|p. 42}} } {ship name=Essex pend=51 (1914)<br>62 (Jan 1918)<br>N.38 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 42}} builder=[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 70}} order=1898-99 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 70}} laid=1 Jan, 1900{{Conways1860|p. 70}} launch=29 Aug, 1901{{Conways1860|p. 70}} comm=22 3 04{{Conways1860|p. 70}} fate=Sold fate2=to Slough T.C.{{DittColl|p. 42}} fatedate=8 Nov, 1921{{DittColl|p. 42}} } {ship name=Kent pend=P.27 (1914)<br>P.80 (Sep 1915)<br>P.99 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 42}} builder=[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 70}} order=1898-99 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 70}} laid=12 Feb, 1900{{Conways1860|p. 70}} launch=6 Mar, 1901{{Conways1860|p. 70}} comm=1 10 03{{Conways1860|p. 70}} fate=Sold fate2=at Hong Kong{{DittColl|p. 42}} fatedate=Jun, 1920{{DittColl|p. 42}} } {ship name=Lancaster pend=71 (1914)<br>78 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 42}} builder=[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 70}} order=1900-01 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 70}} laid=4 Mar, 1901{{Conways1860|p. 70}} launch=22 Mar, 1902{{Conways1860|p. 70}} comm=5 4 04{{Conways1860|p. 70}} fate=Sold fate2=to Ward{{DittColl|p. 42}} fatedate=3 Mar, 1920{{DittColl|p. 42}} } {ship name=Monmouth pend=D.28 (1914){{DittColl|p. 42}} builder=[[London & Glasgow]]{{Conways1860|p. 70}} order=1899-1900 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 70}} laid=29 Aug, 1899{{Conways1860|p. 70}} launch=13 Nov, 1901{{Conways1860|p. 70}} comm=2 12 03{{Conways1860|p. 70}} fate=Sunk fate2= fatedate=1 Nov 1914{{DittColl|p. 42}} } {ship name=Suffolk pend=20 (1914)<br>P.87 (Sep 1915)<br>P.A5 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 42}} builder=[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 70}} order=1900-01 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 70}} laid=25 Mar, 1901{{Conways1860|p. 70}} launch=15 Jan, 1903{{Conways1860|p. 70}} comm=21 5 04{{Conways1860|p. 70}} fate=Sold fate2=to Castle; resold{{DittColl|p. 42}} fatedate=1 Jul, 1920{{DittColl|p. 42}} } data --> [[Category:Featured Ship Classes]]

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