Abercrombie-class monitor

	The starboard profile of HMS Abercrombie off Gallipoli in July 1915
Class overview
Name	Abercrombie
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Humber class
Succeeded by	Lord Clive class
Completed	4
Lost	1
Scrapped	3
General characteristics
Type	Monitor
Displacement	6,150 long tons (6,249 t)
Length	334 ft 6 in (101.96 m) oa
Beam	90 ft 2 in (27.48 m)
Draught	10 ft (3.0 m)
Installed power	2,310 ihp (1,720 kW)
Propulsion	2 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines,; 2 × boilers,; 2 × screws (HMS Raglan);
Speed	6+1⁄2 kn (12.0 km/h; 7.5 mph) (HMS Raglan)
Complement	198
Armament	2 × BL 14 inch gun Mk II 45 cal guns; 2 × QF 12 pounder 18 cwt naval gun; 1 × 3 pounder (47 mm) anti-aircraft gun; 1 × 2-pounder Mark II anti-aircraft gun;
Armour	Belt: 4 in (102 mm); Deck 2–1 in (51–25 mm); Barbettes: 8 in (203 mm); Turrets: 10 in (254 mm);
Aircraft carried	1 × seaplane (designed but seldom carried)

The Abercrombie class of monitors served in the Royal Navy during the First World War.

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