HMS Donegal (1902)
Armoured cruiser HMS Donegal
| |
History | |
---|---|
United Kingdom | |
Name | Donegal |
Namesake | County Donegal |
Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering, Govan |
Laid down | 14 February 1901 |
Launched | 4 September 1902 |
Christened | Mary Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn |
Completed | 5 November 1903 |
Decommissioned | May 1918 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 1 July 1920 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 9,800 long tons (10,000 t) (normal) |
Length | 463 ft 6 in (141.3 m) (o/a) |
Beam | 66 ft (20.1 m) |
Draught | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
Installed power |
|
Propulsion | 2 × shafts; 2 × triple-expansion steam engines |
Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
Complement | 678 |
Armament |
|
Armour |
|
HMS Donegal was one of 10
Refitting at the beginning of the war, she was then assigned to
Design and description
The Monmouths were intended to protect British merchant shipping from fast
The Monmouth-class ships' main armament consisted of fourteen
Beginning in 1915, the main deck six-inch guns of the Monmouth-class ships were moved to the upper deck and given
The ship's
Construction and service
Donegal, named to commemorate
Refitting when the war began, Donegal was assigned to the 5th Cruiser Squadron at Sierra Leone for convoy protection duties when her refit was completed. She was transferred to the 6th Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet in January 1915 and then to the 7th Cruiser Squadron in November to escort convoys to Archangelsk.[10] In March she was reassigned to the 2nd Cruiser Squadron until she was transferred to the 9th Cruiser Squadron in the mid-Atlantic for convoy escort. Donegal rejoined the 4th Cruiser Squadron on North America and West Indies Station in 1917 and continued with convoy duties until the end of the war. She was sold for scrap on 1 July 1920.[7]
Notable commanding officers
- Charles Douglas Carpendale, 1914-1915[11]
Notes
- ^ "Cwt" is the abbreviation for hundredweight, 12 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.
Footnotes
- ^ a b c Roberts, p. 70
- ^ a b Friedman 2012, p. 336
- ^ Friedman 2011, p. 81
- ^ Friedman 2012, pp. 251–252, 260–261
- ^ Friedman 2012, pp. 280, 286
- ^ McBride, p. 21
- ^ a b c d e Silverstone, p. 225
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36865. London. 5 September 1902. p. 4.
- ^ a b Friedman 2012, p. 288
- ^ a b Preston, p. 12
- ^ "Vice-Admiral Sir C. D. Carpendale" (obituary) in The Times dated 23 March 1968, Issue 57208, column F, p. 10
Bibliography
- ISBN 0-89839-256-X.
- ISBN 978-1-59114-068-9.
- Friedman, Norman (2011). Naval Weapons of World War One: Guns, Torpedoes, Mines and ASW Weapons of All Nations; An Illustrated Directory. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-100-7.
- ISBN 0-679-45671-6.
- McBride, Keith (1988). "The First County Class Cruisers of the Royal Navy, Part I: The Monmouths". Warship. 46 (April). London: Conway Maritime Press: 19–26. ISSN 0142-6222.
- ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Roberts, John (1979). "Great Britain and Empire Forces". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 1–113. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.
- "Transcript: HMS Donegal - October 1914 to December 1916, British waters, Central & North Atlantic, North Russia (Part 1 of 2)". Royal Navy Log Books of the World War 1 Era. Naval-History.net. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
External links
- Media related to HMS Donegal (ship, 1902) at Wikimedia Commons