HMS Raglan

HMS Raglan
History
United Kingdom
NameRaglan
NamesakeFitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan
Operator Royal Navy
BuilderHarland & Wolff, Govan
Yard number476
Laid down1 December 1914
Launched29 April 1915
Completed24 June 1915
CommissionedMay 1915
FateSunk, 20 January 1918
General characteristics
Class & typeAbercrombie-class monitor
Displacement6,150 long tons (6,250 t)
Length334.5 ft (102.0 m)
Beam90 ft (27 m)
Draught10.2 ft (3.1 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × triple-expansion reciprocating steam engines
  • 2 x Babcock & Wilcox watertube boilers
  • 2 × shafts
Speed6.5 kn (7.5 mph; 12.0 km/h)
Complement198
Armament
Armour
Aircraft carried
Aviation facilitiesFitted to carry a seaplane

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

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