HMS Immortalite (1887)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Immortalite |
| Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down: | January 18, 1886 |
| Launched: | July 7, 1887 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up January 1, 1907 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5,600 tons |
| Length: | 300 ft (91 m) |
| Beam: | 56 ft (17 m) |
| Draught: | 22.5 ft (6.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | 3-cylinder triple-extension steam engines two shafts 4 double-ended boilers 5,500 hp 8,500 hp forced-draught |
| Speed: | 17 knots natural draught 18 knots forced draught |
| Range: | 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Complement: | 484 |
| Armament: | 2 × 9.2 in (234 mm) guns (2 x 1)BL 10 x 6 in (152 mm) guns (10 x 1) BL 6 × 6 pdr guns (6 × 1) QF 10 × 3 pdr guns (10 × 1) QF 6 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes: 4 above-water broadside 1 bow and 1 stern submerged |
| Armour: | 10 in (254 mm) belt 12 in (304.8 mm) conning tower |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Immortalite.
HMS Immortalite was a ship of the Orlando-class of first-class cruisers built in the yards of Earle of Hull and launched on July 7, 1887. She was sold for scrapping on January 1, 1907 to S. Breaking Company of Blackwall.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Roger Chesneau and Eugene M. Kolesnik, ed., Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1860-1905, (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1979), ISBN 0-85177-133-5
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