HMS Monarch (1911)
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| Image:2nd Battle Squadron.jpg Ships of the 2nd Battle Squadron, Monarch second from right | |
| Career | Image:RN-White-Ensign.svg |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | April 1910 at Armstrong |
| Launched: | 30 March 1911 |
| Commissioned: | February 1912 |
| Decommissioned: | 1921 |
| Fate: | Sunk as a target |
| Struck: | 20 January 1925 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 22,000 tons standard/25,870 tons max |
| Length: | 581 feet (177 m) |
| Beam: | 88 feet (27 m) |
| Draught: | 24 feet (7 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbines, 18 boilers, 4 shafts, 27,000 hp |
| Speed: | 21 knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 750–1100 |
| Armament: | Ten 13.5-inch guns, sixteen 4-inch guns, three 21-inch submered torpedo tubes |
HMS Monarch was an Orion-class battleship of the Royal Navy. She served in the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet in World War I, and fought at the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, suffering no damage.
As a result of the Washington Naval Convention she was decomissioned in 1921 and was used as an experimental and target ship. She was sunk by Revenge in 1925.
See HMS Monarch for other ships of this name.
| Orion-class battleship |
| Orion | Monarch | Conqueror | Thunderer |
| List of battleships of the Royal Navy |