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2. Abercrombie-class monitor - Wikipedia

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   The 14-inch (356 mm) gun turret of an Abercrombie-class monitor during World War I.It mounted two 14-inch (356 mm) Mark II guns.. The four ships in this class came about when the contracted supplier of the main armament for the Greek battleship Salamis being built in Germany was unable to supply due to the British blockade.

3. HMS Abercrombie (1915) - Wikipedia

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   As this required a heavyweight lift, beyond the capacity of a civilian yard, the turrets for both monitors were fitted at the COW yard on the Clyde. [1] As the United States was still neutral, the ship was hurriedly renamed HMS M1 on 31 May 1915. She was then named HMS General Abercrombie on 19 June 1915 and renamed HMS Abercrombie on 21 June 1915.

4. List of monitors of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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   The Abercrombie-class monitors came about when Bethlehem Steel in the United States, the contracted supplier of the main armament for the Greek battleship Salamis being built in Germany, instead offered to sell the four 14"/45 caliber gun twin gun turrets to the Royal Navy on 3 November 1914, the ships were laid down and launched within six ...

5. HMS Abercrombie (F109) - Wikipedia

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   HMS Abercrombie was a Royal Navy Roberts-class monitor of the Second World War. She was the second monitor to be named after General Sir Ralph Abercrombie. Abercrombie was built by Vickers Armstrong, Tyne. She was laid down on 26 April 1941, launched on 31 March 1942 and completed on 5 May 1943.

6. HMS Roberts (1915) - Wikipedia

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   The Royal Navy immediately created a class of monitors, designed for shore bombardment, to use the turrets. Roberts was laid down at the Swan Hunter , Ltd shipyard at Wallsend on 17 December 1914. The ship was named Stonewall Jackson in honour of the CSA General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson , however as the United States was still ...

7. Category:Abercrombie-class monitors - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Abercrombie-class monitors" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

8. HMS Raglan - Wikipedia

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   HMS Raglan was a First World War Royal Navy Abercrombie-class monitor, which was sunk during the Battle of Imbros in January 1918. Design. On 3 November 1914, ...

9. HMS Havelock (1915) - Wikipedia

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   These turrets could not be delivered to the German builders, due to the British naval blockade. The Royal Navy immediately designed a class of monitors, designed for shore bombardment, to use the turrets. HMS Havelock was laid down at the Harland and Wolff Ltd shipyard at Belfast on 12 December 1914.