British Battleship HMS Monarch (1911)
HMS Monarch was the second of four Orion-class dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s. She spent the bulk of her career assigned to the Home and Grand Fleets. Aside from participating in the failed attempt to intercept the German ships that had bombarded Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby in late 1914, the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 and the inconclusive action of 19 August, her service during World War I generally consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea.
After the Grand Fleet was dissolved in early 1919, Monarch was transferred to back to the Home Fleet for a few months before she was assigned to the Reserve Fleet. The ship was listed for disposal in mid-1922, but was hulked for use as a stationary training ship. In late 1923 Monarch was converted into a target ship and was sunk in early 1925.
| Class and type: | Orion-class dreadnought battleship |
| Displacement: | 21,922 long tons (22,274 t) (normal) |
| Length: | 581 ft (177.1 m) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 88 ft 6 in (27.0 m) |
| Draught: | 31 ft 3 in (9.5 m) |
| Installed power: | 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)18 × Yarrow boilers |
| Propulsion: | 4 × shafts; 2 × steam turbine sets |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Range: | 6,730 nmi (12,460 km; 7,740 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 738–750 (1914) |
| Armament: | 5 × twin 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns 16 × single 4-inch (102 mm) guns 3 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | Belt: 8–12 in (203–305 mm) Deck: 1–4 inches (25–102 mm) Turrets: 11 in (280 mm) Barbettes: 10 in (254 mm) |
