British 1st class armoured cruiser HMS Orlando 1885-1905

Orlando-class

Blake-class

Part of the Orlando-class consisting of the Orlando, Aurora, Australia, Galatea, Immortalite, Narcissus and Undaunted, preceded by the Imperieuse-class and succeeded by the Blake-class. Laid down by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow, England on 23 April 1885, launched on 3 August 1886, completed in June 1888 and sold to Thos W. Ward of Morecambe to be broken up on 11 July 1905.

General technical class specifications. With a displacement of 5.600 tons and as dimensions 91 x 17 x 6,9 metres of 300 x 56 x 22,5 feet. The machinery consisted of -cylinder triple expansion steam engines and 4 double ended boilers supplying via 2 shafts a machinery of 5.500-8.500 (with forced draught) hp resulting a speed of 17 (with natural draught)-18 (with forced draught) knots allowing with a speed of 10 knots a range of 10.000 nautical miles. Their crew numbered 484 men. The armour consisted of a 25cm/10” thick belt with the conning tower protected by 30cm/12” thick armour. The armament consisted of 2x1-23,37cm/9.2” breech loading guns, 6x1-15,24cm/6” breech loading guns, 6x1-5,7cm/6pd quick firing guns, 10x1-4,7cm/3pd Hotchkiss quick firing guns and 6045cm/18” torpedo tubes (4 surfaced broadside and submerged 1 bow and 1 stern).