Barracouta-class cruiser
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Barracouta class |
| Builders | |
| Operators | Royal Navy |
| Built | 1888–1889 |
| In commission | 1890–1905 |
| Completed | 4 |
| Retired | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | 3rd class cruiser |
| Displacement | 1,580 long tons (1,605 t) |
| Length | |
| Beam | 10.67 metres (35.0 ft), |
| Draught | 4.6 metres (15 ft) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Complement | 160 |
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| Armour |
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The Barracouta-class cruiser was a series of 4 third-class cruisers operated by the Royal Navy between 1890 and 1905. The ships were the first British cruisers to incorporate a number of features, such as an armored deck and quick-firing guns, as those designs were copied from other vessels. Two more vessels were built based on a lengthened version of the class. The ships mainly operated in the Mediterranean and British home waters before the entire class was scrapped.