HMS Nile (1888)

Nile at anchor, before 1897
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Nile
Namesake	Battle of the Nile
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	8 April 1886
Launched	27 March 1888
Completed	10 July 1891
Commissioned	30 June 1891
Fate	Sold for scrap, 9 July 1912
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Trafalgar-class ironclad battleship
Displacement	12,590 long tons (12,790 t)
Length	345 ft (105.2 m) (pp)
Beam	73 ft (22.3 m)
Draught	28 ft 6 in (8.7 m)
Installed power	12,000 ihp (8,900 kW) 6 cylindrical boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range	6,300 nmi (11,700 km; 7,200 mi) @ 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	537 (1903)
Armament	4 × BL 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns 6 × QF 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns 8 × QF 6-pdr 2.2 in (57 mm) Hotchkiss guns 9 × QF 3-pdr 1.9 in (47 mm) Hotchkiss guns 4 × 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Belt: 20–14 in (508–356 mm) Bulkheads: 16–14 in (406–356 mm) Armoured citadel: 16–18 in (406–457 mm) Gun turrets: 18 in (457 mm) Conning tower: 14 in (356 mm) Secondary Battery: 4–5 in (102–127 mm) Deck: 3 in (76 mm)
Service record
Part of:	Mediterranean Fleet (1891–1898) Devonport guard ship (1898–1903)

HMS Nile was one of two Trafalgar-class ironclad battleships built for the Royal Navy during the 1880s. Late deliveries of her main guns delayed her commissioning until 1891 and she spent most of the decade with the Mediterranean Fleet. Nile returned home in 1898 and became the coast guard ship at Devonport for five years before she was placed in reserve in 1903. The ship was sold for scrap in 1912 and broken up at Swansea, Wales.