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.

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

See also

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 0-83170-302-4
• 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. 
• Parkes, Oscar British Battleships, first published Seeley Service & Co, 1957, published United States Naval Institute Press, 1990. ISBN 1-55750-075-4

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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