Name | Northampton (1876) | Explanation | |
Type | Armoured cruiser | ||
Launched | 18 November 1876 | ||
Hull | Iron | ||
Propulsion | Screw | ||
Builders measure | |||
Displacement | 7652 tons | ||
Guns | 18 | ||
Fate | 1905 | ||
Class | Nelson | ||
Ships book | |||
Note | 1894 t.s. | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
6 November 1882 - 21 April 1886 | Commanded by Captain Noel Stephen Fox Digby, flagship of Vice-Admiral John Edmund Commerell, North America and West Indies | ||
19 April 1886 - 22 November 1886 | Commanded by Captain Charles George Fane, guard ship, Southampton | ||
(1992) | , Sheerness, flagship of Vice-Admiral Charles Thomas Curme |