HMS Gorgon (1871)

Right elevation plan from Brassey's Naval Annual 1888–1889
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Gorgon
NamesakeGorgon
BuilderPalmers Shipbuilding, Jarrow
Cost£141,254
Laid down5 September 1870
Launched14 October 1871
Completed19 March 1877
CommissionedApril 1872
Out of service1901
Refit1888–89
FateSold for scrap 12 May 1903
General characteristics
Class and typeCyclops-class breastwork monitor
Displacement3,480 long tons (3,540 t)
Length225 ft (68.6 m) (p/p)
Beam45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught16 ft 3 in (5.0 m) (deep load)
Installed power1,709 ihp (1,274 kW)
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 direct-acting steam engines
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Range3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement156
Armament2 × twin 10-inch rifled muzzle loaders
Armour

HMS Gorgon was the first ship commissioned of the four Cyclops-class breastwork monitors built for the Royal Navy during the 1870s.