 HMS Nelson in Hobart in 1884 |
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| Name: | HMS Nelson |
| Builder: | Elder |
| Laid down: | November 2 1874 |
| Launched: | November 4 1876 |
| Commissioned: | 1881 |
| Reclassified: | Training ship, 1902 |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking up July 12 1910 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 7,473 tons |
| Length: | 280 ft (85.34n) pp |
| Beam: | 60 ft (18.29m) |
| Draught: | 24ft 10in (7.57m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Shaft Elder steam engine |
| Speed: | 14 kts |
| Complement: | 560 |
| Armament: | 4 x 10 in Muzzle Loading Rifles 8 x 9 in Muzzle Loading Rifles 6 x 20 pdr guns (removed 1889) 4 x 4..7in QF (added 1889) 6 x 6pdr QF (added 1889) 14 x 3pdr(added 1889) |
| Armour: | Belt 6in - 9in |
 Plan & section of HMS Nelson |
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Nelson.
HMS Nelson was a Nelson class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in 1876, commissioned in 1881, and sold for scrapping in 1910. She sailed for the Australia Station after commissioning, and served there until 1889. She then commenced a two year refit. From 1891 until 1894 she was a guardship at Portsmouth, before being placed in reserve. She was converted to a training ship for stokers in 1902 and broken up in Holland after being sold in 1910.
References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Roger Chesneau and Eugene M. Kolesnik, ed., Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1860-1905, (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1979), ISBN 0-85177-133-5
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| Nelson · Northampton |
| Preceded by:HMS Shannon · Followed by:Imperieuse class List of cruisers of the Royal Navy |
