HMS Narcissus (1886)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Narcissus
Builder	Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull
Laid down	27 April 1885
Launched	15 December 1886
Fate	Sold for breaking up, 11 September 1906
General characteristics
Class and type	Orlando-class armoured cruiser
Displacement	5,535 long tons (5,624 t)
Length	300 ft (91.4 m) (p/p)
Beam	56 ft (17.1 m)
Draught	24 ft (7.3 m)
Installed power	8,500 ihp (6,300 kW); 4 × boilers;
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 × Triple-expansion steam engines;
Speed	18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	484
Armament	2 × single BL 9.2-inch (234 mm) Mk V guns; 10 × single BL 6-inch (152 mm) guns; 6 × single QF 6 pounder (57 mm) Hotchkiss guns; 10 × single QF 3 pounder (47 mm) Hotchkiss guns; 6 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Waterline belt: 10 in (254 mm); Deck: 2–3 in (51–76 mm); Conning tower: 12 in (305 mm); Bulkheads: 16 in (406 mm);

HMS Narcissus was one of seven Orlando-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1880s. Future Admiral Ernest Gaunt served aboard her in 1896 as First Lieutenant. She was sold for scrapping on 11 September 1906.

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