&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Cyclops_class_monitor_diagrams_Brasseys_1888.jpg) Right elevation plan from Brassey's Naval Annual 1888–1889
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Gorgon |
| Namesake | Gorgon |
| Builder | Palmers Shipbuilding, Jarrow |
| Cost | £141,254 |
| Laid down | 5 September 1870 |
| Launched | 14 October 1871 |
| Completed | 19 March 1877 |
| Commissioned | April 1872 |
| Out of service | 1901 |
| Refit | 1888–89 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap 12 May 1903 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Cyclops-class breastwork monitor |
| Displacement | 3,480 long tons (3,540 t) |
| Length | 225 ft (68.6 m) (p/p) |
| Beam | 45 ft (13.7 m) |
| Draught | 16 ft 3 in (5.0 m) (deep load) |
| Installed power | 1,709 ihp (1,274 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 direct-acting steam engines |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Range | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 156 |
| Armament | 2 × twin 10-inch rifled muzzle loaders |
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HMS Gorgon was the first ship commissioned of the four Cyclops-class breastwork monitors built for the Royal Navy during the 1870s.