Mersey-class cruiser

	HMS Mersey
Class overview
Name	Mersey class
Operators	Royal Navy; South African Navy;
Preceded by	Calypso-class corvette
Succeeded by	Marathon class
Built	1883–1888
In commission	1887–1942
Planned	4
Completed	4
Retired	4
General characteristics
Type	2nd class protected cruiser
Displacement	4,050 tons
Length	315 ft (96 m) oa; 300 ft (91 m) pp;
Beam	46 ft (14 m)
Draught	19 ft 6 in (6 m)
Installed power	12 cylindrical boilers; 4,500 ihp;
Propulsion	direct-acting compound expansion; Twin screws;
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Range	8,750 miles at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	325
Armament	2 × 8 in (203 mm) guns; 10 × 6 in (152 mm) guns; 3 × QF 6 pounder; 3 × 3 pounder QF; 9 × machine guns; 2 × torpedo tubes;
Armour	Deck: 2–4 in (51–102 mm); Gunshields: 2 in (51 mm); Conning tower: 9 in (229 mm);

The Mersey-class cruiser was a class of second class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy commissioned in the late 1880s.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.