| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Galatea |
| Builder: | Robert Napier & Sons, Govan |
| Laid down: | 21 April 1885 |
| Launched: | 10 March 1887 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up 4 April 1905 |
| 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 × BL 9.2-inch (233.7 mm) guns (2 x 1) 1 bow and 1 stern submerged |
| Armour: |
10 in (254 mm) belt |
HMS Galatea was an Orlando-class first-class cruiser built in Glasgow, and launched on 10 March 1887 and sold for scrapping on 5 April 1905.
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