HMS Doris (1896)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Doris.

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Career
Class and type:	Eclipse-class cruiser
Name:	HMS Doris
Builder:	Naval Construction and Armaments Company
Laid down:	29 August 1894
Launched:	3 March 1896
Completed:	18 November 1897
Fate:	scrapped 1919
General characteristics
Displacement:	5,600 long tons (5,700 t)
Length:	350 ft (110 m)
Beam:	53 ft 6 in (16.31 m)
Draught:	20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Propulsion:	2 Triple-expansion oil-fired steam engines 8,000 ihp (6,000 kW) 2 screws
Speed:	19.5 knots (22.4 mph; 36.1 km/h)
Complement:	450
Armament:	As built: • 5 × QF 6 in (150 mm) guns (5×1) • 6 × QF 4.7 in (120 mm) guns (6×1) • 6 × 3-pounder QF guns (6×1) • 2 × Machine guns • 3 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes After 1905: • 11 × 6 in (150 mm) QF guns • 3 × 12-pounder guns • 3 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour:	• Gun shields: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm) • Engine hatch: 3 in (76 mm) • Decks: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm) • Conning tower: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm)

HMS Doris was an Eclipse-class masted cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built at Barrow by Naval Construction and Armaments Company and laid down on 29 August 1894, being launched 3 March 1896, and completed for service 18 November 1897.

In 1899 at least one of HMS Doris's QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns was mounted on an improvised field carriage and used as a field gun in the Second Boer War. The gun used at Magersfontein was known as Joe Chamberlain.