HMS Eclipse (1894)

	Eclipse during World War I
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Eclipse
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down	11 December 1893
Launched	19 July 1894
Completed	23 March 1897
Fate	Sold for scrap, August 1921
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;
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 Eclipse was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s.

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