HMS Leander (1882)

	HMS Leander in 1897
History
United Kingdom
Name	Leander
Ordered	1880
Builder	Napier, Glasgow
Laid down	14 June 1880
Launched	28 October 1882
Commissioned	29 May 1885
Decommissioned	18 December 1919
Fate	Sold 1 July 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Leander-class second-class partially protected cruiser
Displacement	4,300 tons (4,400 tonnes) load
Tons burthen	3,750 tons (B.O.M.).
Length	300 ft (91 m) between perpendiculars.; 315 ft (96 m) overall.;
Beam	46 ft (14 m).
Draught	20 ft 8 in (6.30 m) aft, 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) forward; with 950 tons (970 tonnes) of coal and complete with stores and provisions.;
Propulsion	Sails and screw. Two shafts. Two cylinder horizontal direct acting compound engines, 12 cylindrical boilers, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW).
Speed	16.5 knots designed; 17-18 knots after funnels raised;
Range	11,000 nmi at 10 knots.; 725 tons coal normal, 1000 tons maximum = c. 6,000 nmi at economical speed.;
Complement	(1885): 275
Armament	(1885):; 10 × 6-inch breechloading guns; 8 1-inch Nordenfelt guns; 2 5-barrel and 2 2-barrel 0.45 in machineguns; 4 above water torpedo dischargers.;
Armour	1.5 in (40 mm) steel armoured deck (with sloped sides) over 165 ft.; 1.5 in (40 mm) gun shields.;
Notes	Carried 2 second-class torpedo boats.; Carried 7 pdr and 9 pdr boat guns and field guns.;

HMS Leander was a second class cruiser, name ship of the Royal Navy's first Leander-class cruisers. During a revolution in Panama in 1900, Leander helped protect the lives and property of foreign residents.

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