HMS Northampton is dressed overall in this photograph of her as she appeared after the addition of a fighting top to her mizzen during her 1889-1891 refit. |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Northampton |
| Builder: | Robert Napier & Sons, Govan |
| Laid down: | October 26, 1874 |
| Launched: | November 18, 1876 |
| Commissioned: | 1881 |
| Reclassified: | Training ship, June 1894 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up April 4, 1905 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Nelson-class armoured cruiser |
| Displacement: | 7,473 tons |
| Length: | 280 ft (85 m) pp |
| Beam: | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Draught: | 24 ft 10 in (7.57 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft Penn engine |
| Speed: | 13kts |
| Complement: | 560 |
| Armament: |
4 x 10-inch (254 mm) Muzzle Loading Rifles |
HMS Northampton was a Nelson-class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy, built by Robert Napier & Sons, Govan, Scotland and launched in 1876. The Nelson class were "essentially second-class ironclads".[1] She was launched in 1876 but not commissioned until 1881.
HMS Northampton was flagship of the North America and West Indies Station until she was placed in reserve in 1886.[1] She was hulked as a boys' training ship in 1894 and sold for breaking up in 1905 to Ward, of Morecambe.[1]
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