HMS Shannon (1875)

	HMS Shannon as she appeared after her 1881 refit.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Shannon
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	29 August 1873
Launched	11 November 1875
Commissioned	17 September 1877
Fate	Sold for scrapping 12 December 1899
General characteristics
Displacement	5,670 tons
Length	260 ft (79 m)
Beam	54 ft (16.5 m)
Draught	22 ft 3 in (6.78 m)
Propulsion	Sail; As built, with 24,000 sq ft (2,200 m2) of sail; reduced shortly afterwards to 21,500 sq ft (2,000 m2); Coal fired Laird compound horizontal steam engine; 8 × cylindrical boilers; single screw; 3,370 ihp (2,510 kW);
Speed	12.25 knots (22.69 km/h; 14.10 mph) maximum
Range	Bunker capacity originally 280 tons coal; later increased to 560 tons; sails allowed range only limited by food and water capacity.;
Complement	452
Armament	2 × 10-inch (254 mm) muzzle-loading rifled guns; 7 × 9-inch (229 mm) muzzle-loading rifled guns; From 1881: 6 x 20-pounder (9 kg) breech-loading guns; From 1881: 4 x torpedo tubes;
Armour	Belt: 6 to 9 in (150 to 230 mm) on 10 to 13 in (250 to 330 mm) teak; Deck: 1.5 to 3 in (38 to 76 mm); Bulkheads: 8 to 9 in (200 to 230 mm); Conning tower: 9 in (230 mm);

The eighth HMS Shannon was the first British armoured cruiser. She was the last Royal Navy ironclad to be built which had a propeller that could be hoisted out of the water to reduce drag when she was under sail, and the first to have an armoured deck.

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