Name: | BELLONA |
Type: | Cruiser |
Keel: | 1889 |
Launched: | 29/08/1890 |
Completed: | 1891 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 290 |
Dimensions: | 1830disp, 280.0 x 35.0 x 13.25(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (27, 40.5 & 60 x 27ins), 6000hp, 3539ihp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 18.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 6 x 1 x 4.7ins guns, 2 x 14.0ins torpedoes |
History: | |
1891 | British Royal Navy |
10/07/1906 | Sold |
Comments: | Member of the Barham Class |
Speed was much less than expected so restricted to employment as despatch vessel | |
1898: Reboilered at Portsmouth |
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
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Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 30/08/1890