High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Cumberland was a Monmouth-class armoured cruiser of the British Royal Navy. She was built by London Glasgow Co. and launched on 16 December 1902. She served in the First World War with most of her sisters, seeing service in the Cameroons. From 3 September 1907 to her final paying off on 13 April 1920 she had served as training ship to the cadets at the Britannia Royal Naval College.