HMS Leander in 1897
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Class overview |
Name | Leander class |
Operators | Royal Navy |
Preceded by | Iris class |
Succeeded by | Mersey class |
Built | 1880 - 1887 |
In commission | 1885 - 1919 (as seagoing warship) |
Planned | 4 |
Completed | 4 |
Scrapped | 4 |
General characteristics (HMS Leander) |
Class and type | Leander-class second-class partially protected cruiser |
Displacement | 4,300 tons (4,400 tonnes) load.[1][2] |
Tons burthen | 3,750 tons (B.O.M.).[3] |
Length |
- 300 ft (91.4 m) between perpendiculars.[1]
- 315 ft (96.0 m) overall.[1][2]
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Beam | 46 ft (14 m).[1][2] |
Draught |
- 20 ft 8 in (6.30 m) aft, 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) forward
- with 950 tons (970 tonnes) of coal and complete with stores and provisions.[4]
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Propulsion | Sails and screw, two shafts, two-cylinder horizontal direct-acting compound engines, 12 cylindrical boilers, 5,500 IHP[1][2] |
Speed |
- 16.5 kn (30.6 km/h) designed[1]
- 17–18 kn (31–33 km/h) after funnels raised[1]
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Range |
- 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h).[1]
- 725 tons coal normal, 1000 tons maximum = c. 6,000 nmi at economical speed.[5]
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Complement | (1885): 275[4][6] |
Armament | |
Armour |
- 1.5 in (38 mm) steel armoured deck (with sloped sides) over 165 ft (50 m).[1][5]
- 1.5 in (40mm) gun shields.[1][5]
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Notes |
- Carried 2 second class torpedo boats.[4]
- Carried 7-pdr and 9-pdr boat guns and field guns.[4]
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The Leander class was a four-ship cruiser programme ordered by the Admiralty in 1880. The class comprised HMS Leander, HMS Phaeton, HMS Amphion, and HMS Arethusa.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ a b c d www.worldnavalships.com Leander class
- ^ Navy List, December 1884, page 230.
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- ^ a b c Jane, All the World's Fighting Ships, 1900, page 102.
- ^ Conway's lists her complement as 278, which appears to be an error. See Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905, page 75.