HMS Nelson in Hobart in 1884 |
| Career |
 |
| Name: |
HMS Nelson |
| Builder: |
John Elder & Co. |
| Laid down: |
2 November 1874 |
| Launched: |
4 November 1876 |
| Commissioned: |
1881 |
| Reclassified: |
Training ship, 1902 |
| Fate: |
Sold for breaking up 12 July 1910 |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
7,473 tons |
| Length: |
280 ft (85 m) pp |
| Beam: |
60 ft (18 m) |
| Draught: |
24 ft 10 in (7.6 m) |
| Propulsion: |
2 Shaft Elder steam engine |
| Speed: |
14 kts |
| Complement: |
560 |
| Armament: |
4 x 10 in Muzzle Loading Rifles
8 x 9 in Muzzle Loading Rifles
6 x 20 pdr guns (removed 1889)
4 x 4..7in QF (added 1889)
6 x 6pdr QF (added 1889)
14 x 3pdr(added 1889) |
| Armour: |
Belt 6in - 9in |
Plan & section of HMS Nelson |
HMS Nelson was a Nelson class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy, built by John Elder & Company, Govan, Scotland and launched in 1876, commissioned in 1881, and sold for scrapping in 1910. She sailed for the Australia Station after commissioning, and served there until 1889. She then commenced a two year refit.
From 1891 until 1894 she was a guardship at Portsmouth, before being placed in reserve. She was converted to a training ship for stokers in 1902 and broken up in Holland after being sold in 1910.
References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Roger Chesneau and Eugene M. Kolesnik, ed., Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1860-1905, (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1979), ISBN 0-85177-133-5
- "Naval Historical Society of Australia, HMS Nelson, Armour Belted Cruiser 1882". Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
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