Leander-class cruiser (1882)

HMS Leander in 1897
Class overview
NameLeander class
Operators Royal Navy
Preceded byIris class
Succeeded byMersey class
Built1880 - 1887
In commission1885 - 1919 (as seagoing warship)
Planned4
Completed4
Scrapped4
General characteristics (HMS Leander)
Class & typeLeander-class second-class partially protected cruiser
Displacement4,300 tons (4,400 tonnes) load.
Tons burthen3,750 tons (B.O.M.).
Length
  • 300 ft (91.4 m) between perpendiculars.
  • 315 ft (96.0 m) overall.
Beam46 ft (14 m).
Draught
  • 20 ft 8 in (6.30 m) aft, 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) forward
  • with 950 tons (970 tonnes) of coal and complete with stores and provisions.
PropulsionSails and screw, two shafts, two-cylinder horizontal direct-acting compound engines, 12 cylindrical boilers, 5,500 IHP
Speed
  • 16.5 kn (30.6 km/h) designed
  • 17–18 kn (31–33 km/h) after funnels raised
Range
  • 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h).
  • 725 tons coal normal, 1000 tons maximum = c. 6,000 nmi at economical speed.
Complement(1885): 275
Armament
Armour
  • 1.5 in (38 mm) steel armoured deck (with sloped sides) over 165 ft (50 m).
  • 1.5 in (40mm) gun shields.
Notes
  • Carried 2 second class torpedo boats.
  • Carried 7-pdr and 9-pdr boat guns and field guns.

The Leander class was a four-ship cruiser programme ordered by the Admiralty in 1880. The class comprised HMS Leander, HMS Phaeton, HMS Amphion, and HMS Arethusa.

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