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 HMS Gibraltar
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Edgar class |
| Operators |  Royal Navy |
| Preceded by | Blake class |
| Succeeded by | Powerful class |
| Built | 1889–1894 |
| In commission | 1893-1921 |
| Completed | 9 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Scrapped | 8 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | First class protected cruiser |
| Displacement | 7,700 tons |
| Length | 387 ft 6 in (118.11 m) |
| Beam | 60 ft (18.3 m) |
| Draught | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 12,000hp |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) forced draught |
| Range | 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Complement | 544 |
| Armament | |
The Edgar class were nine first-class protected cruisers built for the Royal Navy under the Naval Defence Act of 1889. The class gave long service and all of the ships participated in the First World War. One, HMS Hawke, was lost during the war, with the other eight being scrapped in the 1920s.
- ^ Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 66. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4 – via The Internet Archive.