47:
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1149:, firing slowly to keep up a steady pressure. During the day each ship fired about one hundred 12-inch shells and had fired sixty rounds from their secondary armament during the previous night. The bombardment continued at a slower pace for the next five days, but ceased when the Allied advance stopped. When it resumed on 14 October in the
937:, Belgium, on 26 January to evaluate the newly developed air-spotting techniques, but each ship only fired about eleven rounds during the half-hour bombardment. This was the last bombardment for the next seven months as the monitors were used to support British light forces and the
715:
for them, reducing the range to approximately 960 nmi (1,780 km; 1,100 mi), and increasing the crew in size to 215, necessitating plating in the sides of much of the upper deck to provide quarters. These guns were later exchanged for longer-ranged
1080:, was modified in early 1917 to handle one of them. The ship and her sisters rehearsed their role up until mid-July when the battle began, but the Allies could not make the ten-mile (16 km) advance necessary to launch the operation.
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in early
September to only seven rounds spread over the seven days of the operation. This was the last bombardment of 1916 as the monitors reverted to their role of supporting the Dover Barrage and patrolling between
1013:
was hoisted aboard to spot the ship's shells and transmit corrections; low cloud cover that prevented the observer aboard the aircraft from seeing any targets. This infuriated Bacon and he prohibited
525:
efficiency; the ship reached 7 knots (13.0 km/h; 8.1 mph) in service as she was more heavily loaded. The monitor carried 356 long tons (362 t) of coal which gave her a range of 1,100
1006:
hooked up to her fire-control system to help maintain the turret on the target while manoeuvring. She fired 38 round at
Middlekerk on 16 August as part of these trials. Four days later a
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with 200 rounds per gun were added in early 1916 abreast the funnel when it was realized that the two 12-pounder guns were not powerful enough to defend the ship from German
1531:
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began on 28 September, the monitors bombarded targets along the coast to simulate preparations for an amphibious landing and then switched to other targets after dawn.
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in July and pocket German troops between the landing and the advancing troops. The troops were to be landed via three enormous 2,500-long-ton (2,500 t)
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by bombarding the coastal artillery defending the port. Before the first attempt on 11 April had to be called off because the wind shifted and the required
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were launching an attack in that sector. During the remainder of
September and October, she occasionally fired on German coastal batteries. On 15 November
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to allow them to work inshore as necessary. As the Royal Navy did not expect the ships to engage in naval combat, speed was very much not a priority.
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was the first to go and was paid off on the 15th. She was recommissioned as a gunnery training ship in
January 1919 and was offered for sale to the
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couldn't be laid properly, the monitors had already fired 50 rounds between them. A second attempt was cancelled because of bad weather. During the
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only made 7.42 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) because her designers were unfamiliar with the proper way to contour her hull to maximise her
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fired about fifty rounds of 12-inch and some 6-inch shells and was near missed in return by the German guns. The monitor played a minor role in
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and her three sisters had only managed to shoot 14 rounds before they had to retire, which only started a fire in the dockyard. On the 25th
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the approach channel, but the blockship was blinded by smoke and failed to arrive at her intended position at the canal entrance.
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was replaced by a new one formed from a dozen plates of 8-inch (203 mm) KCA. The ships were also fitted with a cast-steel
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than at the breech and wanted to curve as it rolled. Subsequent barrels were encased in wood to make them easier to roll.
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One of the second batch of 12-inch guns being unloaded in July; note the wooden jacket around the middle of the barrel
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on 9 May 1921 for approximately £11,035, although she did not arrive at the ship breakers until 10 September 1923.
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almost immediately after the war ended the following month, but she was reactivated in 1920 to serve as a gunnery
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fired by her main guns, but the
Zeppelins never came within range. The monitors bombarded German batteries at
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and elevation needed to hit the target and transmit that information to the turret for the guns to follow.
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All of the
British monitors built during the war were intended to bombard land targets. To this end the
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where they could develop techniques to allow aircraft to correct the shooting of multiple monitors via
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In August the monitor began trials to develop procedures for engaging targets at night while using a
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deck above it consisted of 1-inch (25 mm) plates of high-tensile steel. For protection against
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With the war over on 11 November, the monitors were no longer needed and were soon decommissioned.
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10.5-inch-thick (270 mm) faces and 5.5-inch (140 mm) sides with a 2-inch roof, all of
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was stationed in the Thames
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leading the six 12-inch monitors of the Dover Patrol, possibly in
September 1916. Taken from
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just forward of the barbette that had 6-inch sides and a roof 2.5 inches (64 mm) thick.
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Edward Altham from conducting any more experiments. To add insult to injury, Bacon limited
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in an area that had been laid out to replicate some of the features of the
Belgian coast.
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s portside deck and were then rolled off the deck via a thick wooden ramp onto the stone
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in Dunkirk. The first barrel was difficult to unload because it was thinner at the
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on the roof of the spotting top. The director's crew would calculate the amount of
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in 1812, has been the only ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy. She was
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class were given a heavy armament modified to increase its range and a shallow
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s participation in the diversionary bombardment conducted in support of the
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until the Germans evacuated coastal Belgium in mid-October. The ship was
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Monitors of the Royal Navy; How the Fleet Brought the Great Guns to Bear
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delivered the first gun in April and then the rest beginning in July.
258:(2,000 km; 1,300 mi) at 6.5 knots (12 km/h; 7 mph)
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refused to support Bacon's proposal for a more modest landing in the
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on 8 July and completed on 26 August at an estimated cost of about
1491:(1985). "Great Britain and Empire Forces". In Gray, Randal (ed.).
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She participated in a bombardment of the German naval base at
1411:(2nd Revised ed.). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
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of 87 feet 2 inches (26.6 m) including the
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and the other monitors were tasked to bombard the German
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Dunn, pp. 90, 93; Buxton, pp. 54–57; Crossley, chapter 5
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to exploit the anticipated Allied gains made during the
502:. The engines were designed to produce a total of 2,310
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length of 335 feet 6 inches (102.3 m), a
510:) which was intended to give her a maximum speed of 10
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to Dunkirk, France, to be used to bombard the German
1284:
Buxton, pp. 45, 47–49; Colledge & Warlow, p. 139
644:(KCA) that was closed off at its ends by transverse
1471:
Securing the Narrow Sea: The Dover Patrol 1914–1918
487:. The ship was powered by a pair of four-cylinder
1493:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921
379:. Their primary armament was taken from obsolete
648:of equal thicknesses to form the ships' central
594:QF 2-pounder (40 mm (1.6 in)) Mk I gun
1525:
1435:(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.
1052:, a plan to land troops between Westende and
8:
1192:, 20 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.
1068:of infantry, an artillery battery and three
1386:. (2 vols.). New York: George H. Doran Co.
758:on 9 January 1915 at Harland & Wolff's
16:Lord Clive-class monitors in the Royal Navy
1681:World War I monitors of the United Kingdom
1532:
1518:
1510:
660:served as the roof of the citadel and the
746:who was killed in action at the siege of
419:supported the coastal battles during the
1102:Four of the 12-inch monitors, including
968:. The barrels were loaded by crane onto
582:12-pounder (3 in (76 mm)) guns
514:(18.5 km/h; 11.5 mph). On her
1205:
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956:to ferry three 50-long-ton (51 t)
948:The uncluttered forecastle deck of the
921:During December 1915 and January 1916,
1338:Buxton, pp. 62–63; Crossley, chapter 5
962:BL 9.2-inch (234 mm) Mk X barrels
411:as the British attempted to block the
332:Turret sides 5.5 in (140 mm)
246:(13 km/h; 8.1 mph) (service)
20:
1473:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
573:of the guns from 13.5° to 30°. Their
543:BL 12-inch (305 mm) Mk VIII guns
43:
7:
1320:Bacon, I, pp. 190–191; Buxton, p. 59
1311:Bacon, II, p. 137; Buxton, pp. 58–59
808:had to order a withdrawal after his
711:. Two coal bunkers were turned into
181:335 ft 6 in (102.3 m)
1118:of 23 April, which failed when the
1048:was intended to be used during the
1645:List of monitors of the Royal Navy
960:and three 28-long-ton (28 t)
545:in a single hydraulically powered
533:Armament, fire control, and armour
407:in 1918, bombarding the defending
197:9 ft 11 in (3.02 m)
189:87 ft 2 in (26.6 m)
139:General characteristics (as built)
14:
1454:. Barnsley, UK: Pen & Sword.
399:. She participated in the failed
1691:Ships built by Harland and Wolff
652:. The 2-inch-thick (51 mm)
383:. The ship spent the war in the
329:face: 10.5 in (267 mm)
300:3 pdr (47 mm (1.9 in))
45:
24:
895:, showing (from left to right)
1188:"Cwt" is the abbreviation for
1064:, each of which could carry a
843:bombarded German positions at
742:during the early years of the
679:retained its original armour,
492:triple-expansion steam engines
233:triple-expansion steam engines
1:
1329:Bacon I, p. 94; Buxton, p. 60
668:, the ships were fitted with
350:: 1–2 in (25–51 mm)
293:12 pdr 3 in (76 mm)
278:12 in (305 mm) guns
498:using steam provided by two
958:BL 12-inch Mk X gun barrels
738:, commander of the British
672:15 feet (4.6 m) deep.
607:between the turret and the
381:pre-dreadnought battleships
1707:
1384:The Dover Patrol 1915-1917
1230:Buxton, pp. 45, 49, 74, 77
557:predreadnought battleships
1666:Lord Clive-class monitors
1640:
1614:
1550:
945:and nets in the Channel.
782:on 8 March. The ship was
588:was provided by a single
344:: 6 in (152 mm)
338:: 8 in (203 mm)
323:: 6 in (152 mm)
317:: 6 in (152 mm)
138:
38:
23:
687:. Its original circular
640:of 6-inch (152 mm)
1469:Dunn, Steve R. (2017).
1429:; Warlow, Ben (2006) .
1097:HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
1058:Battle of Passchendaele
952:s allowed Bacon to use
724:Construction and career
577:consisted of a pair of
371:monitors built for the
284:3 in (76 mm))
1671:Ships built in Belfast
1450:Crossley, Jim (2013).
1248:Buxton, pp. 13, 43, 77
1168:was sold for scrap to
1147:lines of communication
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675:The turret taken from
475:. She displaced 5,850
421:Hundred Days Offensive
1686:Royal Navy ship names
1407:Buxton, Ian (2008) .
1139:Fifth Battle of Ypres
1137:The night before the
1130:on 9/10 May when she
997:
883:
699:Wartime modifications
642:Krupp cemented armour
615:that fed data to the
586:Anti-aircraft defence
584:on low-angle mounts.
395:coast as part of the
364:was the one of eight
1556:Earl of Peterborough
801:on 7 September, but
778:479 and was renamed
590:QF 3-inch 20-cwt gun
549:which came from the
504:indicated horsepower
391:positions along the
1275:Silverstone, p. 233
1095:was then docked at
1026:Battle of the Somme
563:received hers from
494:, each driving one
489:Harland & Wolff
413:Bruges–Ostend Canal
405:Second Ostend Raids
1257:Buxton, pp. 43, 77
1162:Kingdom of Romania
1151:Battle of Courtrai
1000:
919:
718:6-inch Mk VII guns
658:high-tensile steel
575:secondary armament
500:water-tube boilers
415:. Later that year
209:water-tube boilers
1653:
1652:
1605:Sir Thomas Picton
1480:978-1-84832-251-6
1461:978-1-78383-004-6
1442:978-1-86176-281-8
1418:978-1-84415-719-8
1365:Buxton, pp. 76–77
1356:Buxton, pp. 67–68
1347:Buxton, pp. 64–66
1266:Buxton, pp. 72–74
966:coastal artillery
941:, the complex of
864:were sent to the
579:quick-firing (QF)
409:coastal artillery
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1076:, together with
1074:General Craufurd
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954:General Craufurd
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909:General Craufurd
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650:armoured citadel
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748:Ciudad Rodrigo
744:Peninsular War
740:Light Division
731:, named after
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1212:Buxton, p. 77
1209:
1206:
1199:
1191:
1190:hundredweight
1185:
1182:
1175:
1173:
1171:
1170:Thos. W. Ward
1167:
1163:
1159:
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1082:Field Marshal
1079:
1078:General Wolfe
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1050:Great Landing
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939:Dover Barrage
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916:
915:
914:General Wolfe
910:
906:
905:
904:Prince Eugene
900:
899:
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892:Prince Rupert
888:
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875:
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867:
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840:Prince Eugene
836:
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1112:smoke screen
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1101:
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1077:
1073:
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1044:
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920:
913:
908:
903:
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891:
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839:
834:
830:
821:
813:
803:Vice-Admiral
792:
779:
755:
728:
727:
702:
676:
674:
627:
625:
601:spotting top
598:
565:
560:
551:
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506:(1,720
479:(5,940
456:
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432:
431:for a year.
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397:Dover Patrol
366:
360:
358:
357:
231:2 shafts; 2
217:(1,720
165:(5,944
158:Displacement
148:
134:, 9 May 1921
61:
30:
18:
1630:Marshal Ney
1621:Abercrombie
1054:Middelkerke
776:yard number
677:Magnificent
613:rangefinder
605:tripod mast
566:Magnificent
387:bombarding
377:World War I
298:1 × single
291:2 × single
282:1 × single
254:1,100
213:2,310
114:8 July 1915
95:Yard number
1676:1915 ships
1660:Categories
1577:Lord Clive
1542:Lord Clive
1120:blockships
1011:floatplane
950:Lord Clive
943:minefields
886:Lord Clive
822:Lord Clive
709:destroyers
662:forecastle
654:upper deck
628:Lord Clive
547:gun turret
539:Lord Clive
516:sea trials
449:Lord Clive
373:Royal Navy
367:Lord Clive
263:Complement
228:Propulsion
149:Lord Clive
1200:Citations
1041:1917–1921
1035:The Downs
1015:Commander
1004:gyroscope
927:Zeppelins
845:Zeebrugge
790:260,000.
752:laid down
713:magazines
689:barbettes
666:torpedoes
646:bulkheads
638:amidships
632:waterline
611:housed a
571:elevation
523:propeller
477:long tons
473:deep load
439:in 1921.
321:Bulkheads
276:1 × twin
251:Endurance
171:deep load
163:long tons
130:Sold for
119:Completed
103:Laid down
1382:(1919).
1089:Nieuport
1062:pontoons
935:Westende
870:wireless
855:and the
810:flagship
784:launched
764:shipyard
621:traverse
617:director
552:Majestic
336:Barbette
271:Armament
111:Launched
68:Namesake
1392:1136826
1066:brigade
861:Riviera
827:battery
799:Belgium
768:Belfast
733:General
603:on the
485:ratings
461:overall
459:had an
453:draught
393:Belgian
375:during
194:Draught
153:monitor
89:Belfast
81:Builder
72:General
39:History
1499:
1477:
1458:
1439:
1415:
1402:Vol. 2
1398:Vol. 1
1396:
1390:
1132:buoyed
1108:Bruges
1031:Calais
985:muzzle
970:chocks
911:, and
849:Allies
795:Ostend
670:bulges
609:funnel
592:and a
554:-class
443:Design
389:German
369:-class
327:Turret
309:Armour
302:AA gun
287:AA gun
178:Length
161:5,850
151:-class
33:at sea
1632:class
1623:class
1176:Notes
1070:tanks
1022:'
981:jetty
977:'
929:with
817:'
774:, as
760:Berth
703:Four
512:knots
437:scrap
401:First
244:knots
239:Speed
132:scrap
1497:ISBN
1475:ISBN
1456:ISBN
1437:ISBN
1413:ISBN
1388:OCLC
1085:Haig
1033:and
876:1916
681:viz.
635:belt
626:The
599:The
537:The
465:beam
403:and
359:HMS
348:Deck
315:Belt
295:guns
186:Beam
127:Fate
58:Name
766:in
756:M.7
656:of
266:194
256:nmi
215:ihp
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