HMS Nelson (1876)
.jpg) HMS Nelson in Hobart in 1884 | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Nelson |
| Builder: | John Elder & Co. |
| Laid down: | 2 November 1874 |
| Launched: | 4 November 1876 |
| Commissioned: | 1881 |
| Reclassified: | Training ship, 1902 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up 12 July 1910 |
| 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 Elder steam engine |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 560 |
| Armament: | 4 x 10-inch (254 mm) Rifled Muzzle Loading guns 8 x 9-inch (229 mm) Rifled Muzzle Loading guns |
| Armour: | Belt: 6–9 in (150–230 mm) |
 Plan & section of HMS Nelson | |
HMS Nelson was a Nelson-class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy, built by John Elder & Company, Govan, Scotland and launched in 1876, commissioned in 1881, and sold for scrapping in 1910.
Service history
She sailed for the Australia Station after commissioning, and served there until 1889. She then commenced a two year refit.
From 1891 until 1894 she was a guardship at Portsmouth, before being placed in reserve. She was converted to a training ship for stokers in 1902 and broken up in the Netherlands after being sold in 1910.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. 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
- "Naval Historical Society of Australia, HMS Nelson, Armour Belted Cruiser 1882". Retrieved 2008-06-06.
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