HMS Gibraltar (1892)
HMS Gibraltar | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Gibraltar |
| Builder | Napier, Glasgow |
| Laid down | 2 December 1889 |
| Launched | 27 April 1892 |
| Reclassified | Depot ship 1914 |
| Fate | Sold for breaking up September 1923 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Edgar-class cruiser |
| Displacement | 7,770 tons |
| Length | 387.5 ft (118.1 m) |
| Beam | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Draught | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 12,000hp |
| Speed | 20 kn (37 km/h) |
| Range | 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Complement | 544 |
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HMS Gibraltar, was an Edgar-class cruiser launched in 1892 for service in the Royal Navy. She was built and engineered by Messrs Napier of Glasgow. Of 7,700 loaded displacement, she was coal-fired with four double-ended cylindrical boilers driving two shafts. She could make 20 knots (37 km/h) with forced draught and 18 knots (33 km/h) with natural draught. She was a very good sea boat and an exceptional steamer.