Nelson-class cruiser

HMS Nelson anchored in Hobart, 1884
Class overview
Name	Nelson
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	HMS Shannon
Succeeded by	Imperieuse class
Built	1874–1881
In service	1878–1910
In commission	1878–1904
Completed	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics
Type	Armoured cruiser
Displacement	7,473–7,630 long tons (7,593–7,752 t)
Length	280 ft (85 m) (p/p)
Beam	60 ft (18 m)
Draught	25 ft 9 in (7.8 m)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 compound-expansion steam engines
Sail plan	Barque-rigged
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	560
Armament	4 × 10-inch (254 mm) rifled, muzzle-loading guns (RML) 8 × 9-inch (229 mm) RML guns 6 × 20 pdr guns
Armour	Belt: 6–9 in (152–229 mm)

The Nelson-class cruisers were a pair of armoured cruisers built in the 1870s for the Royal Navy.