HMS Iris (1877)

A lithograph of Iris
History
United Kingdom
NameIris
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid down10 November 1875
Launched12 April 1877
CompletedApril 1879
FateSold for scrap, 11 July 1905
General characteristics (as built)
Class & typeIris-class despatch vessel, later second-class cruiser
Displacement3,730 long tons (3,790 t)
Length331 ft 6 in (101 m)
Beam46 ft (14 m)
Draught20 ft 6 in (6.2 m)
Installed power12 boilers; 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion2 × shafts; 2 × compound-expansion steam engines
Sail planBarque-rigged
Speed17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Range4,400 nmi (8,100 km; 5,100 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement275
Armament10 × 64 pdr rifled muzzle-loading (RML) guns

HMS Iris the lead ship of her class of two ships built for the Royal Navy in the 1870s. They were the first all-steel warships to serve with the Royal Navy.