Nelson-class cruiser
.jpg) 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 |
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.
Ships
- Nelson – launched in 1876, converted to a training school in 1902, and sold in 1910.
- Northampton – launched in 1876, converted to a training school in 1894, and sold in 1905.
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:
- Machinery meant "propelling machinery".
- Hull included "hydraulic machinery, gun mountings, etc."[1]
| 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 |
Notes
- ↑ The Naval Annual 1895 , p192-200
- ↑ The Naval Annual 1895, p192-200
- ↑ Parkes, Oscar, British Battleships, p238-243.
References
- Brassey, T.A. (ed) The Naval Annual 1895
- Chesnau, Roger and Kolesnik, Eugene (Ed.) Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1860–1905. Conway Maritime Press, 1979. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4
- 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.
- Parkes, Oscar British Battleships, first published Seeley Service & Co, 1957, published United States Naval Institute Press, 1990. ISBN 1-55750-075-4
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