Leander-class cruiser (1882)

	HMS Leander in 1897
Class overview
Name	Leander class
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Iris class
Succeeded by	Mersey class
Built	1880 - 1887
In commission	1885 - 1919 (as seagoing warship)
Planned	4
Completed	4
Scrapped	4
General characteristics (HMS Leander)
Class and type	Leander-class second-class partially protected cruiser
Displacement	4,300 tons (4,400 tonnes) load.
Tons burthen	3,750 tons (B.O.M.).
Length	300 ft (91.4 m) between perpendiculars.; 315 ft (96.0 m) overall.;
Beam	46 ft (14 m).
Draught	20 ft 8 in (6.30 m) aft, 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) forward; with 950 tons (970 tonnes) of coal and complete with stores and provisions.;
Propulsion	Sails and screw, two shafts, two-cylinder horizontal direct-acting compound engines, 12 cylindrical boilers, 5,500 IHP
Speed	16.5 kn (30.6 km/h) designed; 17–18 kn (31–33 km/h) after funnels raised;
Range	11,000 nmi (20,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h).; 725 tons coal normal, 1000 tons maximum = c. 6,000 nmi at economical speed.;
Complement	(1885): 275
Armament	(1885):; 10 × 6-inch Breechloading guns; 8 1-inch Nordenfelt guns; 2 5-barrel and 2 2-barrel 0.45-in machineguns; 4 above water torpedo dischargers.;
Armour	1.5 in (38 mm) steel armoured deck (with sloped sides) over 165 ft (50 m).; 1.5 in (40mm) gun shields.;
Notes	Carried 2 second class torpedo boats.; Carried 7-pdr and 9-pdr boat guns and field guns.;

The Leander class was a four-ship cruiser programme ordered by the Admiralty in 1880. The class comprised HMS Leander, HMS Phaeton, HMS Amphion, and HMS Arethusa.

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