Mersey-class cruiser

The Mersey-class cruiser was a class of second class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy commissioned in the late 1880s.

Class overview
Name: Mersey class
Operators:
Preceded by: Calypso-class corvette
Succeeded by: Marathon class
Built: 1883–1888
In commission: 1887–1942
Planned: 4
Completed: 4
Retired: 4
General characteristics
Type: 2nd class protected cruiser
Displacement: 4,050 tons
Length:
  • 315 ft (96 m) oa
  • 300 ft (91 m) pp
Beam: 46 ft (14 m)
Draught: 19 ft 6 in (6 m)
Propulsion:
  • 2-cyl horizontal direct-acting compound expansion
  • 12 cylindrical boilers
  • Twin screws
Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h) (4,500 ihp)
Range:
  • 900 tons coal
  • 8,750 miles at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement: 325
Armament:
  • 2 × BL 8-inch (203.2 mm) Mk IV guns
  • 10 × BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns
  • 3 × QF 6 pounder
  • 3 × 3 pounder QF
  • 9 × machine guns
  • 2 × torpedo tubes
Armour:

Design
Starboard elevation, deck plan and hull section as depicted in Brassey's Naval Annual, 1888

Ships
Name Builder Laid down Launched Completed
HMS Mersey (1885) Chatham Dockyard 9 July 1883 31 March 1885 June 1887
HMS Severn (1885)
HMS Thames Pembroke Dockyard 14 April 1884 3 December 1885 July 1888
HMS Forth (1886) October 1886

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    References
    • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
    • Ross, David (210). Ships Visual Encyclopedia. London: Amber Books Ltd. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-907446-24-5.
    • Friedman, Norman (1912). British Cruisers of the Victorian Era. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-099-4.
    • Winfield, Rif (1904). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889. Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.


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