![]() Nelson in Hobart, 1884
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History | |
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Name | Nelson |
Namesake | Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson |
Builder | John Elder & Co. |
Laid down | 2 November 1874 |
Launched | 4 November 1876 |
Commissioned | 1881 |
Reclassified | Training ship, 1902 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 12 July 1910 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Nelson-class armoured cruiser |
Displacement | 7,473 long tons (7,593 t) |
Length | 280 ft (85 m) (p/p) |
Beam | 60 ft (18 m) |
Draught | 23 ft 9 in (7.24 m) |
Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 compound-expansion steam engines |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 560 |
Armament |
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Armour | Belt: 6–9 in (152–229 mm) |
HMS Nelson was a Nelson-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the 1870s. She was sold for scrap in 1910.