HMS Narcissus (1886)

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Career Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Narcissus
Builder: C & W Earle, Hull
Laid down: April 27, 1885
Launched: December 15, 1886
Fate: Sold for breaking up September 11, 1906
General characteristics
Displacement: 5,600 tons
Length: 300 ft (91 m)
Beam: 56 ft (17 m)
Draught: 22.5 ft (6.9 m)
Propulsion: 3-cylinder triple-extension steam engines
two shafts
4 double-ended boilers
5,500 hp
8,500 hp forced-draught
Speed: 17 knots natural draught
18 knots forced draught
Range: 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement: 484
Armament:

2 × BL 9.2-inch (233.7 mm) guns (2 x 1)
10 x BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns (10 x 1)
6 × 6 pdr guns (6 × 1) QF
10 × 3 pdr guns (10 × 1) QF
6 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes:
4 above-water broadside

1 bow and 1 stern submerged
Armour: 10 in (254 mm) belt
12 in (304.8 mm) conning tower

HMS Narcissus was a ship of the Orlando-class of first-class cruisers built in the yards of Earle of Hull and launched on December 15, 1886. Future Admiral Ernest Gaunt served aboard her in 1896 as First Lieutenant. She was sold for scrapping on September 11, 1906.

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