Marathon class cruiser

Chromolithograph of HMS Magicienne by W. Fred Mitchell, 1892
Class overview
Name:	Marathon class
Builders:	Fairfields, Govan Portsmouth Naval Dockyard Chatham Naval Dockyard
Operators:	Royal Navy
Built:	1887–1889
In commission:	1889–1920
Completed:	5
Retired:	5
General characteristics
Type:	2nd class cruiser
Displacement:	2,800 long tons (2,845 t) (Medea & Medusa) 2,950 long tons (2,997 t) (Melpomene, Magicienne & Marathon)
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement:	218
Armament:	• 6 × 6 in (150 mm) guns • 9 × 6-pounder quick firing guns • 1 × 3-pounder gun • 3 × machine guns • 2 × torpedo tubes

The Marathon class cruiser was a class of second class cruiser of the Royal Navy ordered under the naval programme of 1887. It was a smaller version of the edit] Ships

Name	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed
Govan	10 August 1887	23 August 1888	1889
Chatham	25 April 1887	9 June 1888	1889
Portsmouth	10 October 1887	20 September 1888	1890
edit] See also Media related to Marathon class cruiser at Wikimedia Commons 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. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.  www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk HMS Magicienne (picture taken between 1890 and 1899). Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая? Eythorne railway station Mike McLellan Look at other dictionaries: Marathon (disambiguation) — A marathon is a distance race of 42.195 km (26 miles 385 yards) and , by extension, in general speech a lengthy, arduous or time consuming undertaking. Marathon may also refer to: Contents 1 Places 2 Video games …   Wikipedia List of cruiser classes of the Royal Navy — This is a list of cruisers of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom from 1877 (when the category was created by amalgamating the two previous categories of frigate and corvette) until the last cruiser was deleted more than a century later. There… …   Wikipedia List of fictional spaceships — This is a list of fictional spacecraft, starships, and exo atmospheric vessels that have been identified by name in published works of fiction (novels, films, television series, etc). This list does not include most ships from Star Wars or Star… …   Wikipedia HMS Spartan (1891) — HMS Spartan was an Apollo class cruiser of the Royal Navy constructed in 1891. The design was a variant of the Marathon class cruiser. The ships had quick firing guns which were effective as a broadside, but less so when attempting to fire fore… …   Wikipedia HMS Medusa — Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Medusa , after the ancient Greek mythological figure Medusa:*HMS Medusa was a 50 gun fourth rate launched in 1785 and wrecked in 1798. *HMS Medusa was 32 gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1801 …   Wikipedia HMS Medea — Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Medea , or HMS Medee , after the Medea of Greek mythology, whilst another was planned:*HMS Medea was a 26 gun sixth rate, originally the French Medee . She was captured by HMS Dreadnaught in… …   Wikipedia German battleship Scharnhorst — Scharnhorst Career (Nazi Germany) …   Wikipedia 2003 in sports — yearbox in?=in sports cp=20th century c=21st century cf=22nd century yp1=2000 yp2=2001 yp3=2002 year=2003 ya1=2004 ya2=2005 ya3=2006 dp3=1970s dp2=1980s dp1=1990s d=2000s da=0 dn1=2010s dn2=2020s dn3=2030s|Artistic gymnastics*World Artistic… …   Wikipedia List of Star Trek characters (G–M) — This article lists characters of Star Trek in their various canonical incarnations. This includes fictional major characters and fictional minor characters created for Star Trek, fictional characters not originally created for Star Trek, and real …   Wikipedia Dakar Rally — Paris Dakar Rally redirects here. For the video game, see Paris Dakar Rally (video game). Dakar Rally Category Rally raid Country or region Europe and Africa (1979–2007) …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”