&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Northumberland_early_configuration_USNHC_NH_71227.jpg) Northumberland in her original 5-masted configuration
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Northumberland |
| Namesake | Northumberland |
| Ordered | 2 September 1861 |
| Builder | Millwall Iron Works, Millwall, London |
| Cost | £444,256 |
| Laid down | 10 October 1861 |
| Launched | 17 April 1866 |
| Completed | 8 October 1868 |
| Commissioned | October 1868 |
| Decommissioned | 1898 |
| Out of service | Hulked, 1909 |
| Renamed |
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| Reclassified | Training ship, 1898 |
| Stricken | 1927 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics (as completed) | |
| Class and type | Minotaur-class armoured frigate |
| Displacement | 10,584 long tons (10,754 t) |
| Length | 400 ft 4 in (122.0 m) p/p |
| Beam | 59 ft 5 in (18.1 m) |
| Draught | 27 ft 9 in (8.5 m) |
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| Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 Trunk steam engine |
| Sail plan | 5-masted |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Range | 2,825 nmi (5,232 km; 3,251 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 800 |
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| Armour | |
HMS Northumberland was the last of the three Minotaur-class armoured frigates built for the Royal Navy during the 1860s. She had a different armour scheme and heavier armament than her sister ships, and was generally regarded as a half-sister to the other ships of the class. The ship spent her career with the Channel Squadron and occasionally served as a flagship. Northumberland was placed in reserve in 1890 and became a training ship in 1898. She was converted into a coal hulk in 1910 [see below] and sold in 1927, although the ship was not scrapped until 1935.