Class overview | |
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Name | Mersey class |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Calypso-class corvette |
Succeeded by | Marathon class |
Built | 1883–1888 |
In commission | 1887–1942 |
Planned | 4 |
Completed | 4 |
Retired | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type | 2nd class protected cruiser |
Displacement | 4,050 tons |
Length | |
Beam | 46 ft (14 m) |
Draught | 19 ft 6 in (6 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
Range | 8,750 miles at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 325 |
Armament |
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Armour |
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The Mersey-class cruiser was a class of second class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy commissioned in the late 1880s. They were the first cruisers that had discarded their sailing rigs in the design, making them far more modern in design. They had fairly mundane careers.