HMS Gladiator (1896)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Gladiator
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down	January 1896
Launched	18 December 1896
Completed	April 1899
Fate	Capsized after collision, 25 April 1908 Scrapped October 1908
General characteristics
Class & type	Arrogant-class protected cruiser
Displacement	5,750 tons
Length	342 ft (104 m)
Beam	57 ft 6 in (17.53 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion engines; 18 × Belleville water-tube boilers; 2 × screws; 10,000 hp (7,457 kW);
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement	480
Armament	4 × QF 6 inch /40 naval guns; 6 × QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns; Later replaced with 10 × BL 6 inch Mk VII naval guns; 8 × 12 pounder guns; 3 × QF 3 pounder guns; 5 × machine guns; 3 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Deck : 3 in (76 mm)

HMS Gladiator was a second class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched on 8 December 1896 at Portsmouth, England. She was of the Arrogant class rated at 5,750 long tons (5,840 t) displacement, with a crew of 250 officers and men. She had three distinctive stacks amidships with a conspicuous bridge well forward.

History

United Kingdom
Name	HMS Gladiator
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down	January 1896
Launched	18 December 1896
Completed	April 1899
Fate	Capsized after collision, 25 April 1908 Scrapped October 1908
General characteristics
Class & type	Arrogant-class protected cruiser
Displacement	5,750 tons
Length	342 ft (104 m)
Beam	57 ft 6 in (17.53 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion engines 18 × Belleville water-tube boilers 2 × screws 10,000 hp (7,457 kW)
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement	480
Armament	4 × QF 6 inch /40 naval guns 6 × QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns Later replaced with 10 × BL 6 inch Mk VII naval guns 8 × 12 pounder guns 3 × QF 3 pounder guns 5 × machine guns 3 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Deck : 3 in (76 mm)