- Orlando class cruiser
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HMS OrlandoClass overview Name: Orlando Preceded by: Imperieuse class cruiser Succeeded by: Blake class cruiser In commission: 1887 - 1906 Completed: Seven General characteristics Type: first class armoured cruiser 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-draughtSpeed: 17 knots natural draught
18 knots forced draughtRange: 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) Complement: 484 Armament: - 2 × BL 9.2-inch (233.7 mm) Mk V or VI guns (2 x 1)
- 10 x BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns (10 x 1)
- 6 × QF 6 pdr guns (6 × 1)
- 10 × QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss (10 × 1)
- 6 × 18-inch (450-mm) torpedo tubes (4 above water broadside, 1 bow and 1 stern submerged)
Armour: 10 in (254 mm) belt
12 in (304.8 mm) conning towerThe Orlando-class was a seven ship class of Royal Navy armoured cruisers completed between 1888 and 1889.
Contents
Building Programme
On 2 December 1884, the Secretary to the Admiralty stated, "The present Board have been gradually developing, and, as I would venture to say, in an effective manner, our resources for the protection of commerce. The late Board of Admiralty laid down an admirable type for the purpose in the Leander class. We have followed in their footsteps by producing the (Sir Edward J. Reed)."[1] These belted cruisers were the Orlando class.
Right elevation and deck plan as depicted in Brassey's naval annual 1888 The following table gives the build details and purchase cost of the members of the Orlando class. Standard British practice at that time was for these costs to exclude armament and stores.[2] In the table:
- Machinery meant "propelling machinery".
- Hull included "hydraulic machinery, gun mountings, etc."[3]
Ship Builder Maker
of
EnginesDate of Cost according to Laid Down Launch Completion ( BNA 1895)[4] ( BNA 1903)[5] Hull Machinery Total
excluding
armamentOrlando Palmers, Jarrow Palmers 23 Apr 1885 3 Aug 1886 June 1888 £206,647 £60,165 £266,812 £303,065 Aurora Pembroke Dockyard J&G Thompson 1 Feb 1886 28 Oct 1887 July 1889 £220,550 £64,000 £284,550 £326,110 Australia Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan C & W Earle 21 Apr 1885 25 Nov 1886 October 1888 £195,390 £63,000 £258,390 £299,027 Galatea Napier, Glasgow Napier 21 Apr 1885 10 Mar 1887 March 1889 £195,390 £63,000 £258,390 £291,803 Immortalite Chatham Dockyard C & W Earle 18 Jan 1886 7 Jul 1887 July 1889 £221,500 £57,000 £278,500 £332,359 Narcissus C & W Earle, Hull C & W Earle 27 Apr 1885 15 Dec 1886 July 1889 £195,890 £61,500 £257,390 £300,149 Undaunted Palmers, Jarrow Palmers 23 Apr 1885 25 Nov 1886 July 1889 £195,890 £60,165 £256,055 £300,863 References
- Chesnau, Roger and Kolesnik, Eugene (Ed.) Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1860-1905. Conway Maritime Press, 1979. ISBN 0-83170-302-4
- 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. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Brassey, T.A. (ed) The Naval Annual 1895
- Brassey, T.A. (ed) The Naval Annual 1903
Notes
- ^ Hansard HC Deb 02 December 1884 vol 294 c455 House of Commons, the Secretary to the Admiralty, Sir Thomas Brassey.
- ^ Note that the costs quoted in the 1895 edition and the 1903 edition are not the same. There seems to have been a revision of the costs quoted for British warships in The Naval Annual between the 1902 and 1903 editions, and a further revision between the 1905 and 1906 editions. (The 1906 edition costs cannot be quoted for the Orlando class because the class is not listed in the 1906 edition.)
- ^ The Naval Annual 1895 , p192-200
- ^ The Naval Annual 1895, p192-200
- ^ The Naval Annual 1903, p236-243
External links
Orlando-class cruiser Categories:- Cruiser classes
- Orlando class cruisers
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