&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:HMS_Raleigh_Iron_Steam_Frigate_(screw)_5200_tons_280%27_X_48.5%27,_2-9%22,_20-64_pdr_Built_at_Chatham_DY_Launched_1-3-1873._Sold_1905_to_BU_RMG_PU6258.jpg) HMS Raleigh
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Raleigh |
| Builder | Chatham Dockyard, Kent |
| Laid down | 8 February 1871 |
| Launched | 1 March 1873 |
| Completed | June 1874 |
| Commissioned | 11 July 1874 |
| Stricken | 1901 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 11 July 1905 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Unarmored screw frigate |
| Displacement | 5,200 long tons (5,283 t) |
| Tons burthen | 3,215 bm |
| Length | 298 ft (91 m) |
| Beam | 49 ft (15 m) |
| Draught | 24 ft 10 in (7.57 m) |
| Installed power | 5,640 ihp (4,206 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 Steam engine, 9 boilers |
| Sail plan | ship rig |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Range | 2,100 nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 530 |
| Armament | |
HMS Raleigh was an unarmoured iron or "sheathed"-masted frigate completed in 1874. She was one of a series of three designed by Sir Edward Reed. The other two iron-hulled frigates of independent design were HMS Inconstant and HMS Shah. The Controller originally intended to build six of these big frigates, but only three were ordered in view of their high cost. They retained the traditional broadside layout of armament, with a full rig of masts and sails. Although widely believed to be named after Sir Walter Raleigh, the ship was in fact named for George of Raleigh.