Rodney Class Pre-Dreadnought

Rodney Class Summary
The Rodney class pre-dreadnought was one of the fastest pre-dreadnoughts commissioned, being as fast as some armoured cruisers in service at that time.

This class of pre-dreadnought was built because of the naval officials insistence on having some heavy firepower. These ships were mostly tasked with coastal defense as the Shire class was the main battle line unit.

Fleet Admiral Requis didn't want these ships commissioned as they would have no future use when larger classes of battleships were commissioned but in the end, he had to or else the naval officials wouldn't approve his other designs.

They used the same secondary battery as the Shire class but with 2 twin 12" guns instead of 2 twin 8" guns. It had less overall armour compared to the Shire class, having 1" less Deck in exchange for the larger guns.

In total, ___ ships were constructed with ____ lost and ____ scrapped.