Cyclops-class monitor

	Right elevation plan from Brassey's Naval Annual 1888–1889
Class overview
Name	Cyclops class
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	HMS Rupert
Succeeded by	Conqueror class
Built	1870–1877
In service	1874–1901
Planned	4
Completed	4
Scrapped	4
General characteristics
Type	Breastwork monitor
Displacement	3,480 long tons (3,540 t)
Length	225 ft (68.6 m) (p/p)
Beam	45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught	16 ft 3 in (5.0 m) (deep load)
Installed power	1,472–1,709 indicated horsepower (1,098–1,274 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 steam engines
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	156
Armament	2 × 2 - 10-inch (254-mm) rifled muzzle loading guns
Armour	Belt: 6–8 in (152–203 mm); Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm); Superstructures: 8–9 in (203–229 mm); Conning tower: 8–9 in (203–229 mm); Gun turret: 9–10 in (229–254 mm);

The Cyclops-class monitor was a group of four ironclad breastwork monitors built for the Royal Navy during the 1870s. They were slightly modified versions of the Cerberus-class monitors. The ships were ordered to satisfy demands for local defence during the war scare of 1870, but the pace of construction slowed tremendously as the perceived threat of war declined. The Cyclops-class monitors spent most of their careers in reserve and were finally sold off in 1903.

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