HMS Northampton (1876)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Northampton.
HMS Northampton was a Nelson-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the 1870s. She was sold for scrap in 1905.
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HMS Northampton is dressed overall in this photograph of her as she appeared after the addition of a fighting top to her mizzen during her 1889-1891 refit. | |
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Name | HMS Northampton |
Builder | Robert Napier and Sons, Govan |
Laid down | 26 October 1874 |
Launched | 18 November 1876 |
Commissioned | 1881 |
Reclassified | Training ship, June 1894 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 4 April 1905 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Nelson-class armoured cruiser |
Displacement | 7,630 long tons (7,750 t) |
Length | 280 ft (85 m) (p/p) |
Beam | 60 ft (18 m) |
Draught | 23 ft 9 in (7.24 m) |
Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 compound-expansion steam engines |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 560 |
Armament |
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Armour | Belt: 6–9 in (152–229 mm) |
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