Blake-class cruiser

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HMS Blenheim
Class overview
Name	Blake class
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Orlando class
Succeeded by	Edgar class
Built	1888–1894
In commission	1891–1926
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics [1]
Type	First class protected cruiser
Displacement	9,150 long tons (9,297 t)
Length	399 ft 9 in (121.84 m) oa 375 ft (114.30 m) pp
Beam	65 ft (19.81 m)
Draught	24 ft (7.32 m)
Propulsion	2 shafts 3 cylinder triple expansion steam engines 8 boilers 13,000 ihp (9,700 kW) natural draught, 20,000 ihp (15,000 kW) forced draught
Speed	20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) natural draught 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph) forced draught
Capacity	1800 tons coal
Complement	570
Armament	2 × BL 9.2-inch (234 mm) Mk VI guns 10 × QF 6-inch (152 mm) guns 16 × QF 3-pounder (47 mm) Hotchkiss guns 4 × 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Deck: 3–6 in (76–152 mm) 9.2 inch gunshields: 4.5 in (110 mm) Conning tower: 12 in (300 mm)

The Blake class was a pair of first-class protected cruisers, the first of their rank in the Royal Navy, designed in the late 1880s and built around 1890.