MONS - The Battle of Jutland - Centenary Initiative
15419
ship-template-default,single,single-ship,postid-15419,ajax_fade,page_not_loaded,,qode-child-theme-ver-1.0.0,qode-theme-ver-9.1.3,wpb-js-composer js-comp-ver-4.11.2.1,vc_responsive

MONS

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Destroyer

Nickname

Ship Class

Admiralty M-class

Grouping

11th Destroyer Flotilla,(leader, HMS Castor, Commodore Hawksley)

Command

Grand Fleet

Builder's Yard

John Brown

Budget Year

Construction Notes

Date Laid Down

30.09.1914

Launch Date

01.05.1915

Completed date

Commission date

Year laid down

1914

Year launched

1915

Year completed

1915 (July)

Commission Year

Pennant No

Photo Details

No photo available

Related stories

Sister ships

Eventual Fate

Sold for scrap 1921

Jutland result

Ready for action after dock repairs

Commander

Lieutenant-Commander Robert Makin

Noteable Officers

Crew complement

80

Officers

Ratings

Killed

Wounded

Prisoners

Displacement full Load (tons)

904 - 1,042

Artefacts Data

Ship's Model

Length (ft)

269 Range 271' - 276'

Length (mtrs)

82

Beam (ft)

27' 6"

Beam (mtrs)

8.38

Draught (ft)

10' 6"

Draught (mtrs)

3.2

Max. Speed (knots)

34

Range (miles)

Range (kilometres)

Fuel

237 - 298 tons of fuel oil

Propulsion

3 shafts, steam turbines rated at 25,000 shp.

Armour Main Belt

Deck Armour

Turret Armour IN CM

Conning Tower Armour

Barbette Armour

Weight of armour

Armour / Displacement Ratio

Watertight compartments

General Notes

Fire Control Table

Fire Control - Clock

Primary Gun calibre

No. Primary Turrets

Guns (No.barrels)

Primary gun layout

Rounds per main gun

Effective broadside guns

Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

Primary Broadside Weight

Secondary Gun Calibre

Guns (No.barrels) 2

Rounds per secondary

Other Armament

Three QF 4" (102 mm) Mark IV guns, mounting P Mk. IX, Two single QF 2-pounder "pom-pom" Mk. II

Elevation (degrees)

Gunnery Range (yards)

Gunnery Range (metres)

Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

Shells expended Main

Mines dropped

Shells expended Secondary

Torpedoes fired

Gunnery Notes

Torpedo Type IN

21"

No. tubes

2

Torpedo Type MM

533 mm

No. Mines

Torpedo Notes

References & sources

H M Le Fleming Warships of World War One. Tarant Jutland.The German Perspective