HMS Minerva (1895)

	Minerva at anchor shortly after her completion
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Minerva
Namesake	Minerva
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	4 December 1893
Launched	23 September 1895
Completed	4 February 1897
Fate	Sold for scrap, 5 October 1920
General characteristics
Class & type	Eclipse-class protected cruiser
Displacement	5,600 long tons (5,690 t)
Length	350 ft (106.7 m)
Beam	53 ft 6 in (16.3 m)
Draught	20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Installed power	9,600 ihp (7,200 kW); 8 cylindrical boilers;
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 Inverted triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph)
Complement	450
Armament	As built:; 5 × QF 6-inch (152 mm) guns; 6 × QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns; 6 × 3-pounder QF guns; 3 × 18-inch torpedo tubes; After 1905:; 11 × six-inch QF guns; 9 × 76 mm (3.0 in) QF guns; 7 × 3-pounder QF guns; 3 × 18-inch torpedo tubes;
Armour	Gun shields: 3 in (76 mm); Engine hatch: 6 in (152 mm); Decks: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm); Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm);

HMS Minerva was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s.

History
Minerva at anchor shortly after her completion
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Minerva
Namesake	Minerva
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	4 December 1893
Launched	23 September 1895
Completed	4 February 1897
Fate	Sold for scrap, 5 October 1920
General characteristics
Class & type	Eclipse-class protected cruiser
Displacement	5,600 long tons (5,690 t)
Length	350 ft (106.7 m)
Beam	53 ft 6 in (16.3 m)
Draught	20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Installed power	9,600 ihp (7,200 kW) 8 cylindrical boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 Inverted triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph)
Complement	450
Armament	As built: 5 × QF 6-inch (152 mm) guns 6 × QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns 6 × 3-pounder QF guns 3 × 18-inch torpedo tubes After 1905: 11 × six-inch QF guns 9 × 76 mm (3.0 in) QF guns 7 × 3-pounder QF guns 3 × 18-inch torpedo tubes
Armour	Gun shields: 3 in (76 mm) Engine hatch: 6 in (152 mm) Decks: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm) Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm)