| Name: | MONARCH |
| Type: | Battleship |
| Keel: | 01/04/1910 |
| Launched: | 30/03/1911 |
| Completed: | 06/04/1912 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 828 |
| Dimensions: | 22645disp, 545.0 x 88.5 x 27.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 27000ihp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 4 x Screws, 21.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 5 x 2 x 13.5ins, 16 x 1 x 4ins, 10 x 1 x 6pdr QF guns, 3 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 06/04/1912 | British Royal Navy |
| 20/01/1925 | Sank |
| Comments: | Member of the Orion Class |
| Ordered as KING GEORGE V | |
| Cost £1,888,736 to build | |
| First RN battleship with an all-big-gun armament on the centre line | |
| 20/01/1925: Sunk as a target off the Isles of Scilly |
Above photo of MONARCH alongside at Elswick is courtesy of Billy Embleton
Above photo of MONARCH passing through the swing bridge is courtesy of Steve Jones
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Entering the floating dock at Portsmouth. Photo is courtesy of Photoship
Inside the floating dock at Portsmouth. Photo is courtesy of Photoship
Inside the floating dock at Portsmouth. Photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Inside the floating dock at Portsmouth. Photo is courtesy of Photoship
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