ABERCROMBIE monitors

Roberts 1915

Name	No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Abercrombie (ex-Admiral Farragut, ex-M1)		Harland & Wolff, Belfast	12/12/1914	15/4/1915	5/1915	sold for BU 6/1927
Havelock (ex-General Grant, ex-M2)		Harland & Wolff, Belfast	12/12/1914	29/4/1915	6/1915	sold for BU 6/1927
Raglan (ex-Lord Raglan, ex-Robert E. Lee, ex-M3)		Harland & Wolff, Govan	1/12/1914	29/4/1915	6/1915	sunk 20/1/1918
Roberts (ex-Earl Roberts, ex-Stonewall Jackson, ex-M4)		Swan Hunter, Wallsend	17/12/1914	15/4/1915	6/1915	target ship ealy1930-s, sold for BU 9/1936

Displacement normal, t

Displacement full, t

6150

Length, m

102.0

Breadth, m

27.4

Draught, m

3.1

No of shafts

2

Machinery

Abercrombie, Havelock: VQ (quadruple)E, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Raglan: 4-cyl. VTE, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Roberts: VTE, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

Power, h. p.

Abercrombie, Havelock: 2000

Raglan: 2310

Roberts: 1800

Max speed, kn

6 - 6.5

Fuel, t

Armour, mm

inner belt: 102, bulkheads: 102, barbette: 203, turret: 254 (face), deck: 51 - 25

Armament

1 x 2 - 356/45 Mk II, 2 x 1 - 76/50 QF Mk I, 1 x 1 - 47/50 Vickers AA, 1 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, 4 x 1 - 7.7/87 MG, intended to carry 1 seaplane (Short 166 on Roberts in 1915, Schneider on Abercrombie in 1916 and Short 184 on Raglan in 1917)

Complement

198

Ship project history: The first monitors armed with heavy guns, which were built a long-term break. Main turrets were ordered for Greek battleship Salamis, and put from the USA. Their main lack was weak machnery and, accordingly, slow speed which has appeared significantly below design 10 units.

Protection: There were bulges in role of underwater Protection.

Modernizations: 1915 - early 1916, all: funnel uprising; - 2 x 1 - 76/50; + 2 x 1 - 76/50 QF Mk I HA

1916, Raglan; 1917, Abercrombie: + 1 x 1 - 152/45 BL Mk XII

1916, Roberts: + 1 x 1 - 152/40 QF Mk I HA

1916 - 1918, Abercrombie: - 1 x 1 - 152/45; + 1 x 1 - 76/45 QF Mk I HA

1916 - 1918, Havelock: - 1 x 1 - 47/50, 1 x 1 - 40/39; + 2 x 1 - 76/45 QF Mk I HA

1916 - 1918, Roberts: + 1 x 1 - 76/45 QF Mk I HA, 1 x 1 - 40/39 pompom

Naval service: Raglan was sunk by gunfire of German-Turkish cruisers Goeben and Breslau (127 casualties) off Imbros (Aegean).

Abercrombie 1919

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ABERCROMBIE monitors

Displacement normal, t
Displacement full, t	6150
Length, m	102.0
Breadth, m	27.4
Draught, m	3.1
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Abercrombie, Havelock: VQ (quadruple)E, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers Raglan: 4-cyl. VTE, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers Roberts: VTE, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.	Abercrombie, Havelock: 2000 Raglan: 2310 Roberts: 1800
Max speed, kn	6 - 6.5
Fuel, t
Armour, mm	inner belt: 102, bulkheads: 102, barbette: 203, turret: 254 (face), deck: 51 - 25
Armament	1 x 2 - 356/45 Mk II, 2 x 1 - 76/50 QF Mk I, 1 x 1 - 47/50 Vickers AA, 1 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, 4 x 1 - 7.7/87 MG, intended to carry 1 seaplane (Short 166 on Roberts in 1915, Schneider on Abercrombie in 1916 and Short 184 on Raglan in 1917)
Complement	198