HMS Dido (1896)

	Dido at anchor during World War I
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Dido
Namesake	Dido
Builder	London & Glasgow Shipbuilding, Govan
Laid down	30 August 1894
Launched	20 March 1896
Completed	10 May 1898
Reclassified	As depot ship, 1912
Fate	Sold for scrap, 26 December 1926
General characteristics
Class and type	Eclipse-class protected cruiser
Displacement	5,600 long tons (5,690 t)
Length	350 ft (106.7 m)
Beam	53 ft 6 in (16.3 m)
Draught	20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Installed power	9,600 ihp (7,200 kW); 8 cylindrical boilers;
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 Inverted triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph)
Complement	450
Armament	As built:; 5 × QF 6-inch (152 mm) guns; 6 × QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns; 6 × 3-pounder QF guns; 3 × 18-inch torpedo tubes; After 1905:; 11 × six-inch QF guns; 9 × 76 mm (3.0 in) QF guns; 7 × 3-pounder QF guns; 3 × 18-inch torpedo tubes;
Armour	Gun shields: 3 in (76 mm); Engine hatch: 6 in (152 mm); Decks: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm); Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm);

HMS Dido was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s.

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