HMS Nelson (1876)

Nelson in Hobart, 1884
History
United Kingdom
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	4 × 10 in (254 mm) rifled muzzle-loading guns (RML) 8 × 9 in (229 mm) RML guns 6 × 20 pdr guns
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.