HMS Donegal was a Monmouth-class

Monmouth class cruiser

The Monmouth-class was a ten-ship class of 10,000 ton armoured cruisers built around 1901 to 1903 for the Royal Navy and designed specifically for commerce protection...

 armoured cruiser of the British

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 Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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. She was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd of Govan

Govan

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 and launched on 4 September 1902. She served in the First World War with most of her sisters, and survived to be sold for scrap on 1 July 1920. She was initially sold to S. Castle, of Plymouth, but later resold to Granton S. Breaking Co.