HMS Northampton (1876)

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.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Northampton
BuilderRobert Napier and Sons, Govan
Laid down26 October 1874
Launched18 November 1876
Commissioned1881
ReclassifiedTraining ship, June 1894
FateSold for scrap, 4 April 1905
General characteristics
Class and typeNelson-class armoured cruiser
Displacement7,630 long tons (7,750 t)
Length280 ft (85 m) (p/p)
Beam60 ft (18 m)
Draught23 ft 9 in (7.24 m)
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 compound-expansion steam engines
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement560
Armament
ArmourBelt: 6–9 in (152–229 mm)

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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