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Naval histories of the battleships of the Duncan Class. Battleships of the class included HMS Duncan, HMS Cornwallis, HMS Exmouth, HMS Russell, HMS Albemarle and HMS Montagu. Armament: Four 12 inch guns in turrets, twelve 6 inch guns, twelve 3 inch guns, six 3 pdr guns, two maxims and four torpedo tubes. Displacement: 14,000 tons. Speed: 19 knots. Complement: 750. Length: 405 ft. Breadth: 75.5 ft. Depth: 27.25 ft. |
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HMS ALBEMARLE | 5TH MARCH 1901 | SOLD FOR B/U 19TH NOVEMBER 1919 | |
HMS CORNWALLIS | 13TH JULY 1901 | TORPEDOED 9TH JANUARY 1917 | |
HMS DUNCAN | 21ST MARCH 1901 | SOLD FOR B/U 18TH FEBRUARY 1920 | |
HMS EXMOUTH | 31ST AUGUST 1901 | SOLD FOR B/U 15TH FEBRUARY 1920 | |
HMS MONTAGU | 5TH MARCH 1901 | WRECKED 30TH MAY 1906 | |
HMS RUSSELL | 19TH FEBRUARY 1901 | MINED 27TH MARCH 1916 | |
HMS Cornwallis. |
HMS Cornwallis. |
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HMS Cornwallis. |
HMS Cornwallis. |
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HMS Cornwallis. |
HMS Cornwallis, 1912. |
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HMS Cornwallis, 1904. |
HMS Cornwallis, 1912. |
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Cornwallis saw service with the Channel Fleet in 1906 but was transferred to the Atlantic Fleet in February the next year. In August 1910 she joined the Mediterranean Fleet and in June two years later returned to the Home Fleet in 4th Battle Squadron. At the outbreak of WWI HMS Cornwallis joined the 6th Battle Squadron of the Channel Fleet but was sent to the Dardanelles in January 1915 where she became the first British warship to open fire on 18th February. HMS Cornwallis took part on all of the operations as well as the evacuation. After being hit with three torpedoes from German u-boat U32 she sank off Malta with the loss of 15 lives. |
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HMS Duncan, 1903. |
HMS Duncan, 1903. |
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HMS Duncan |
HMS Duncan. |
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HMS Duncan. |
HMS Duncan. |
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HMS Duncan. |
HMS Duncan. |
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The seventh ?DUNCAN? is a 16-gun twin-screw battleship launched at Blackwell in 1901. She is of 14,000 tons, 18,222 horse-power, and 19 knots speed. Her length, beam, and draught were 405ft., 75ft., and 26ft. |
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HMS Duncan (pictured above ? Tony Davies) ran aground on Lundy while with the Channel Fleet in 1906, shortly afterwards in February 1907 she was transferred to the Atlantic Fleet and then in November 1908 she transferred again to the Mediterranean Fleet, becoming the flagship for the Rear-Admiral in August 1912. HMS Duncan then joined the 4th Battle Squadron of the 1st Fleet in home waters. She became a gunnery tender at Portsmouth in May 1913 before serving with the 6th Battle Squadron of the 2nd Fleet on the outbreak of WWI. Transferring to the 3rd Battle Squadron she moved to Portland and Dover in November 1915, but later that year moved to the Mediterranean before returning home in 1917 and going into reserve. |
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HMS Montagu shown being launched at Devonport. Lady Charles Scott, wife of the Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth, performed the ceremony on Tuesday 5th March 1901. |
The Montagu as she hits the water for the first time on 5th March 1901. |
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HMS Montagu, 1903. |
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HMS Montagu, wrecked at Lundy, 1906. |
HMS Montagu, wrecked at Lundy 1906. |
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HMS Montagu ashore at Lundy. |
HMS Montagu ashore at Lundy. |
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HMS Russell - HMS Exmouth - HMS Albemarle |
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