Orlando-class cruiser

	HMS Orlando
Class overview
Name	Orlando class
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Imperieuse class
Succeeded by	Blake class
Built	1885–1889
In commission	1887–1906
Completed	7
Retired	7
General characteristics
Type	First class armoured cruiser
Displacement	5,600 tonnes (5,500 long tons)
Length	300 ft (91 m)
Beam	56 ft (17 m)
Draught	22.5 ft (6.9 m)
Installed power	5,500 hp (4,100 kW); 8,500 hp (6,300 kW) forced-draught;
Propulsion	3-cylinder triple-extension steam engines; two shafts; 4 double-ended boilers;
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h) natural draught; 18 knots (33 km/h) forced draught;
Range	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 × BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns (10 x 1); 6 × QF 6-pounder (57 mm) guns (6 × 1); 10 × QF 3-pounder (47 mm) Hotchkiss guns (10 × 1); 6 × 18-inch (450-mm) torpedo tubes (4 above water broadside, 1 bow and 1 stern submerged);
Armour	Belt: 10 in (250 mm); Conning tower: 12 in (300 mm);

The Orlando class was a seven ship class of Royal Navy armoured cruisers completed between 1888 and 1889.

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