Nelson class cruiser


HMS Nelson in Hobart in 1884
Class overview
Name: Nelson
Preceded by: HMS Shannon
Succeeded by: Imperieuse class cruiser
Completed: 2
General characteristics
Type: armoured cruiser
Displacement: 7,473 tons
Length: 280 ft (85 m)
Beam: 60 ft (18 m)
Armament:

4 x 10-inch (254 mm) RML guns
8 x 9-inch (229 mm) RML guns
6 x 20 pdr guns

3 x 9 pdr guns

The Nelson class cruiser was a class of two armoured cruisers launched in 1876 for the Royal Navy. They were also known as iron armoured frigates.

Contents

Ships

Building Programme

The following table gives the build details and purchase cost of the members of the Nelson class. Standard British practice at that time was for these costs to exclude armament and stores. In the table:

Ship Builder Maker
of
Engines
Date of Cost according to
Laid Down Launch Completion (BNA 1895)[2] Parkes[3]
Hull Machinery Total
excluding
armament
Nelson Elder & Co, Glasgow Elder 2 Nov 1874 4 Nov 1876 26 Jul 1880 £303,310 £87,545 £390,865 £411,302
Northampton Napiers, Glasgow Penn 26 Oct 1874 18 Nov 1876 7 Dec 1878 £296,836 £98,968 £395,804 £414,441

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ The Naval Annual 1895 , p192-200
  2. ^ The Naval Annual 1895, p192-200
  3. ^ Parkes, Oscar, British Battleships, p238-243.

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