HMS Galatea (1887)

HMS Galatea was an Orlando-class first-class cruiser built in Glasgow, and launched on March 10, 1887 and sold for scrapping on April 5, 1905.

Displacement: 5600 tons
Length: 300 ft (91 m)
Beam: 56 ft (17 m)
Draft: 22.5 ft (6.9 m) mean
Complement: 484
Armament: two 22 ton 9.2 inch (234 mm) guns, ten 6 inch (152 mm) guns, six 6 pounder guns, ten 3-pounder quick-firing guns, six 18 inch (457 mmm) torpedo tubes (one bow, one stern, four beam).
Armour: 10 inch (250 mm) partial belt, 2 inch (50 mm) deck, 12 inch (300 mm) conning tower
Propulsion: Two coal fired triple expansion steam engines, 4 boilers, 8500 indicated HP (6.3 MW), twin screws
Speed: 18.1 knots (34 km/h) maximum

See HMS Galatea for other ships of this name.

Orlando-class cruiser

Orlando | Australia | Undaunted | Narcissus

Galatea | Immortalite | Aurora

List of cruisers of the Royal Navy