HMS Donegal (1902)

HMS Donegal (1902)
HMS Donegal
Career
Name:	HMS Donegal
Builder:	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Govan
Launched:	4 September 1902
Fate:	Sold 1 July 1920
General characteristics
Displacement:	9,800 tons
Length:	463.5 ft (141.3 m)
Beam:	66 ft (20 m)
Draught:	25 ft (7.6 m)
Propulsion:	4-cylinder triple-extension steam engines two shafts 31 Belleville boilers 22,000hp
Speed:	apprx 23 knots
Complement:	678
Armament:	14 x BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) Mk VII guns 10 x 12 pounder guns
Armour:	4in (102mm) belt 5in (127mm) barbette 5in (127mm) turret

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Donegal.

HMS Donegal was a Monmouth-class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd of Govan and launched on 4 September 1902. She served in the First World War with most of her sisters, and survived to be sold for scrap on 1 July 1920. She was initially sold to S. Castle, of Plymouth, but later resold to Granton S. Breaking Co.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.