Class overview | |
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Name | Mersey class |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Calypso-classcorvette |
Succeeded by | Marathonclass |
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) |
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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 |
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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.
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Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed |
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HMS Mersey | Chatham Dockyard | 9 July 1883 | 31 March 1885 | June 1887 |
HMS Severn | Chatham Dockyard | 1 January 1884 | 29 September 1885 | February 1888 |
HMS Thames | Pembroke Dockyard | 14 April 1884 | 3 December 1885 | July 1888 |
HMS Forth | Pembroke Dockyard | 1 December 1884 | 23 October 1886 | July 1889 |
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