Marathon-class cruiser | |
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Chromolithograph of HMS Magicienne by W. Fred Mitchell, 1892 | |
Class overview | |
Name: | Marathon class |
Builders: |
Fairfields, Govan Portsmouth Naval Dockyard Chatham Naval Dockyard |
Operators: | Royal Navy |
Built: | 1887–1889 |
In commission: | 1889–1920 |
Completed: | 5 |
Retired: | 5 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | 2nd class cruiser |
Displacement: |
2,800 long tons (2,845 t) (Medea & Medusa) 2,950 long tons (2,997 t) (Melpomene, Magicienne & Marathon) |
Propulsion: | Dürr boilers (Medusa)[1] |
Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement: | 218 |
Armament: |
• 6 × 6 in (152.4 mm) guns |
The Marathon class cruiser was a class of second class cruiser of the Royal Navy ordered under the naval programme of 1887. It was a smaller version of the Mersey class (lead ship - HMS Mersey).
Three of the ships, Melpomene, Magicienne and Marathon, were built for foreign (tropical) service, with a sheath of wood and copper - this added weight and made them slightly slower.
Ships[]
Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed |
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HMS Marathon | Fairfields, Govan | 10 August 1887 | 23 August 1888 | 1889 |
HMS Magicienne | Fairfields, Govan | 10 August 1887 | 12 May 1888 | 1889 |
HMS Medea | Chatham | 25 April 1887 | 9 June 1888 | 1889 |
HMS Melpomene | Portsmouth | 10 October 1887 | 20 September 1888 | 1890 |
HMS Medusa | Chatham | 25 August 1887 | 11 August 1888 | 1889 |
References[]
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- ↑ Brown, D.K. (2010) [1997]. Warrior to Dreadnought. Seaforth. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-84832-086-4.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk
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