![]() HMS Nelson anchored in Hobart, 1884
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Class overview | |
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Name | Nelson |
Operators | ![]() |
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 |
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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.