| Name: | GORGON launched as NIDAROS |
| Type: | Monitor |
| Keel: | 11/06/1913 |
| Launched: | 09/06/1914 |
| Completed: | 25/05/1918 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 862 |
| Dimensions: | 5700disp, 290.0 x 73.7 x 16.3(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (20, 33 & 54 x 30ins), 4000ihp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 13.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 9.2ins, 4 x 1 x 6.0ins, 6 x 1 x 3.9ins, 4 x 1 x 3pdr guns |
| History: | |
| 25/05/1918 | British Royal Navy |
| 28/08/1928 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Launched as coastal defence ship NIDAROS for the Government of Norway |
| 31/01/1915: Taken over by the Admiralty for use as a coastal monitor | |
| Completion delayed by design changes and other more urgent work | |
| 1921: Armament removed and hull used for testing underwater explosions | |
| 28/08/1928: Sold to TW Ward Ltd for breaking up at Pembroke Dock |
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