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Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk Royal Navy Cruisers 1880s Cruisers Mersey Class |
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Mersey 2nd Class Mersey 2nd Class Cruisers. These Mersey Class ships established the pattern for future British second class cruisers and followed closely from the Leander class, but incorporated for the first time a full length protective deck. They were the first vessels to abandon any form of sailing rig. HMS Thames and HMS Forth were converted to depot ships in 1903/4, and HMS Thames was sold in 1920 to become the Training Ship General Botha, reverting to HMS Thames in 1942, employed as an accommodation ship. Displacement : 4050 tons. Length : 315 ft. Beam : 46 ft. Depth : 19 ft 6 ins. I.H.P. : 4500. Speed : 17knts. Armament 2 - 8in BLR, 10 6 in BLR, 3 - 6 pdr QF, 3 - 3pdr QF, 0 MGs, 2 TT sub, 2 TC. Complement : 300. |
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HMS Mersey, 1887. |
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HMS Severn | |||||||||||||
HMS Severn, June 1890. |
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HMS Thames | |||||||||||||
Royal navy Submarine depot Ship HMS Thames pictured in 1908 |
HMS Thames as submarine depot ship. |
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HMS Forth | |||||||||||||
HMS Forth |
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