Mersey-class cruiser

HMS Mersey
Class overview
Name:	Mersey class
Operators:	Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Calypso-class corvette
Succeeded by:	Marathon-class cruiser
Planned:	4
Completed:	4
Active:	0
Retired:	4
General characteristics
Type:	2nd class protected cruiser
Displacement:	4,050 tons
Length:	315 ft (96 m) oa 300 ft (91 m) pp
Beam:	46 ft (14 m)
Draught:	19 ft 6 in (6 m)
Propulsion:	2-cyl horizontal direct-acting compound expansion 12 cylindrical boilers Twin screws
Speed:	17 knots (31 km/h) (4,500 ihp)
Range:	900 tons coal 8,750 miles at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement:	325
Armament:	2 × BL 8-inch (203.2 mm) Mk IV guns 10 × BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns 3 × QF 6 pounder 3 × 3 pounder QF 9 × machine guns 2 × torpedo tubes
Armour:	Deck: 2-inch (50.80 mm) - 4-inch (101.6 mm) Gunshields: 2-inch (50.80 mm) Conning tower: 9-inch (228.6 mm)

The Mersey-class cruiser was a class of second class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy commissioned in the late 1880s.

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