Abercrombie-class monitor

The starboard profile of HMS Abercrombie off Gallipoli in July 1915
Class overview
NameAbercrombie
Operators Royal Navy
Preceded byHumber class
Succeeded byLord Clive class
Completed4
Lost1
Scrapped3
General characteristics [1]
TypeMonitor
Displacement6,150 long tons (6,249 t)
Length334 ft 6 in (101.96 m) oa
Beam90 ft 2 in (27.48 m)
Draught10 ft (3.0 m)
Installed power2,310 ihp (1,720 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines,
  • 2 × boilers,
  • 2 × screws (HMS Raglan)
Speed6+12 kn (12.0 km/h; 7.5 mph) (HMS Raglan)
Complement198
Armament
Armour
Aircraft carried1 × seaplane (designed but seldom carried)

The Abercrombie class of monitors served in the Royal Navy during the First World War.

  1. ^ Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 43.