HMS Northampton (1876)
HMS Northampton is dressed overall in this photograph of her as she appeared after the addition of a fighting top to her mizzen during her 1889–1891 refit. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Northampton |
| Builder | Robert Napier and Sons, Govan |
| Laid down | 26 October 1874 |
| Launched | 18 November 1876 |
| Commissioned | 1881 |
| Reclassified | Training ship, June 1894 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 4 April 1905 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Nelson-class armoured cruiser |
| Displacement | 7,630 long tons (7,750 t) |
| Length | 280 ft (85 m) (p/p) |
| Beam | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Draught | 23 ft 9 in (7.24 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 compound-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 560 |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Belt: 6–9 in (152–229 mm) |
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HMS Northampton was a Nelson-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the 1870s. She was sold for scrap in 1905.