| Name: | ORLANDO |
| Type: | Armoured Cruiser |
| Keel: | 23/04/1885 |
| Launched: | 03/08/1886 |
| Completed: | 24/05/1888 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 567 |
| Dimensions: | 5600disp, 300.0 x 56.0 x 22.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl, 5500hp |
| Engines by: | |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 17.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 9.2ins, 10 x 1 x 6.0ins, 6 x 6pdr, 10 x 3pdr guns; |
| 6 x 18.0ins torpedoes | |
| History: | |
| 24/05/1888 | British Royal Navy |
| 11/07/1905 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Name ship of the Orlando Class of 1st Class Cruisers |
| 11/07/1905: Sold for breaking up at Morecambe by TW Ward Ltd |
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