During World War I, HMS Russell, a Duncan class pre-dreadnought battleship, was involved in the protection of Malta after a long campaign in the Dardanelles. On April 26, 1916, while waiting for ...

HMS Montagu is the only surviving Duncan-class battleship in north European or English waters and shows development between the 19th century Ironclads and turbine-powered British Dreadnought warships.