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==Background and construction==
On 3 November 1914, [[Charles M. Schwab]] of [[Bethlehem Steel]] offered [[Winston Churchill]], then [[First Lord of the Admiralty]], the use of four [[14"/45 caliber gun|{{convert|14|in|abbr=on|0}}/45cal BL MK II]] twin [[gun turret]]s, originally destined for the [[Hellenic Navy|Greek]] [[Dreadnought|battleship]] {{ship|Greek battleship|Salamis||2}}. These turrets could not be delivered to the German builders, due to the British naval blockade. The [[Royal Navy]] immediately designed a class of monitors, designed for [[Naval gun support|shore bombardment]], to use the turrets.

The ship was initially named ''Admiral Farragut'' in honour of the [[United States]] Admiral [[David Farragut]], and reflecting the origin of the guns. She was [[Keel laying|laid down]] at the [[Harland and Wolff]] shipyard in [[Belfast]] on 12 December 1914. ''Farragut'' and ''General Grant'' were built together on the No 2 building berth, which had been constructed to build {{RMS|Olympic}}. The No 2 & 3 berths were beneath the [[Arrol Gantry]], a large [[truss girder]] construction supporting modern electric cranes above the building slip. The monitors were extremely broad over their [[torpedo bulge]]s, and needed a building berth of this size, but were so short that both could fit into one. ''Faragut'' was launched first, on 15 April 1915.{{sfnp|Buxton|1978|pages=17–21}} Both monitors were built to a high level of completion before launching, with nearly all machinery in place except for the turret. As this required a heavyweight lift, beyond the capacity of a civilian yard, the turrets for both monitors were fitted at the [[Coventry Ordnance Works|COW yard]] on the Clyde.{{sfnp|Buxton|1978|pages=17–21}} As the United States was still neutral, the ship was hurriedly renamed HMS ''M1'' on 31 May 1915. She was then named HMS ''General Abercrombie'' on 19 June 1915 and renamed HMS ''Abercrombie'' on 21 June 1915.