HMS Northumberland (1866)

	Northumberland in her original 5-masted configuration
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Northumberland
Namesake	Northumberland
Ordered	2 September 1861
Builder	Millwall Iron Works, Millwall, London
Cost	£444,256
Laid down	10 October 1861
Launched	17 April 1866
Completed	8 October 1868
Commissioned	October 1868
Decommissioned	1898
Out of service	Hulked, 1909
Renamed	Acheron, 1898; C.8, 1909; C.68, 1926; Stedmound, 1927;
Reclassified	Training ship, 1898
Stricken	1927
Fate	Sold, 1927; Scrapped, 1935;
General characteristics (as completed)
Class and type	Minotaur-class armoured frigate
Displacement	10,584 long tons (10,754 t)
Length	400 ft 4 in (122.0 m) p/p
Beam	59 ft 5 in (18.1 m)
Draught	27 ft 9 in (8.5 m)
Installed power	6,558 ihp (4,890 kW); 10 rectangular fire-tube boilers;
Propulsion	1 shaft, 1 Trunk steam engine
Sail plan	5-masted
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Range	2,825 nmi (5,232 km; 3,251 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	800
Armament	4 × 9-inch (230 mm) rifled muzzle-loading guns; 22 × 8-inch (200 mm) rifled muzzle-loaders; 2 × 7-inch (180 mm) rifled muzzle-loaders;
Armour	Belt: 4.5–5.5 in (114–140 mm); Bulkheads: 5.5 in (140 mm); Battery: 5.5 in (140 mm);

HMS Northumberland was the last of the three Minotaur-class armoured frigates built for the Royal Navy during the 1860s. She had a different armour scheme and heavier armament than her sister ships, and was generally regarded as a half-sister to the other ships of the class. The ship spent her career with the Channel Squadron and occasionally served as a flagship. Northumberland was placed in reserve in 1890 and became a training ship in 1898. She was converted into a coal hulk in 1909 and sold in 1927, although the ship was not scrapped until 1935.

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