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Dimensions & Characteristics

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Name Displacement
(tons) 		Tonnage
BOM 		Length
(ft) 		Breadth
(ft) 		Engines
ihp 		Speed
(kts) 		Armament Complement
Walker's large wooden steam frigates.
Diadem 3,880 240 48 2,979 12.0 20x10in SB, 10x32pdr SB,
2x68pdr SB 		475
Doris 3,677 2,588 11.52
Ariadne 4,426 280 50 3,350 13.1 24x10in SB, 2x68pdr SB 450
Galatea 4,686 3,061 11.8
Mersey 5,643 336 52 3,691 12.58 28x10in SB, 12x68pdr SB 600
Orlando 5,643 3,617 13.0
Immortalité class wooden steam frigates.
Immortalité 3,984 251 52.1 2,366 12.3 30x8in SB, 20x32pdr SB
1x68pdr SB 		550-600
Bristol 3,996 250 52 2,088 11.27
Glasgow 3,948 250 52.1 2,020 11.54
Newcastle 4,020 250 52 2,354 12.41
Undaunted 4,094 250 52.1 2,503 12.92

Building Programme

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The following table gives the build details and purchase cost of British large cruisers , including iron steam frigates, ironclad cruising ships, belted cruisers, 1st class protected cruisers, armoured cruisers, dreadnought armoured cruisers, and battlecruisers. Standard British practice at that time was for these costs to exclude armament and stores. (Note that costs quoted by J.W. King were in US dollars.)

  • Machinery meant "propelling machinery".
  • Hull included "hydraulic machinery, gun mountings, etc."[1]


Ship Date of Cost according to Notes
Laid Down Launch Completion BNA 1886-1902[2] BNA 1903-1905[3] BNA 1906 onwards[4] Parkes[5] Other[6]
Hull Machinery Total
excluding
armament
Diadem class wooden steam frigates.
Diadem Jun 1855 14 Oct 1856 Aug 1857
Doris Jun 1856 23 May 1857 Mar 1859
Ariadne class wooden steam frigates.
Ariadne Aug 1856 4 Jun 1859 Nov 1859
Galatea Feb 1857 Sep 1859 Feb 1862
Mersey class wooden steam frigates.
Mersey Dec 1856 13 Aug 1858 Mar 1859
Orlando Nov 1856 12 Jun 1858 Dec 1861
Immortalité class wooden steam frigates.
Immortalité Dec 1849 25 Oct 1859 Nov 1860
Bristol Sep 1859 2 Feb 1861 Oct 1865
Glasgow Dec 1859 28 Mar 1861 1870
Newcastle Dec 1858 16 Oct 1860 Sep 1874
Undaunted May 1859 1 Jan 1861 Not stated
Converted Fourth Rate sailing frigates, Constance and Sutlej classes.
Arethusa Jan 1846 20 Jun 1849 9 Aug 1861
Constance Oct 1843 12 Mar 1846 15 Apr 1862
Octavia Sep 1846 18 Aug 1849 11 Apr 1861
Sutlej Aug 1847 17 Apr 1855 26 Mar 1860
Unclassed wooden steam frigates.
Aurora Sep 1854 22 Jun 1861 Nov 1863
Narcissus Apr 1857 26 Oct 1859 Dec 1860
Endymion Oct 1860 18 Nov 1865 Sep 1866
Inconstant class iron steam frigates.
Inconstant Nov 1866 12 Nov 1868 14 Aug 1869 £138,585 £74,739 £213,324 $1,036,756 BNA 1887. Completed = date first commissioned
Raleigh 1871 1 Mar 1873 13 Jan 1874 £147,248 £46,138 £193,386 $939,586 BNA 1887, King. Completed = date first commissioned
Shah 1870 Sep 1873 14 Aug 1876 £177,912 £57,333 £235,245 $1,119,861 BNA 1887, King
Shannon class ironclad cruising ship.
Shannon 29 Aug 1873 11 Nov 1875 17 Sep 1877 £233,902 £53,367 £287,269 £302,707 BNA 1895, King. Conways says laid down 29 August 1873. Parkes says 29 September 1873.
Nelson class ironclad cruising ship.
Nelson 2 Nov 1874 4 Nov 1876 26 Jul 1880 £303,310 £87,545 £390,865 £411,302 BNA 1895
Northampton 26 Oct 1874 18 Nov 1876 7 Dec 1878 £296,836 £98,968 £395,804 £414,441 BNA 1895
Imperieuse class armoured cruiser/second class battleship.
Imperieuse 10 Aug 1881 18 Dec 1883 Sep 1886 £417,437 £113,377 £530,814 Details of cost
incomplete 		£543,758 BNA 1895, 1903
Warspite 25 Oct 1881 29 Jan 1884 Jun 1888 £415,546 £113,786 £529,332 £653,072 £538,797 BNA 1895, 1903
Orlando class belted/armoured cruiser.
Orlando 23 Apr 1885 3 Aug 1886 Jun 1888 £206,647 £60,165 £266,812 £303,065 BNA 1895, 1903
Aurora 1 Feb 1886 28 Oct 1887 Jul 1889 £220,550 £64,000 £284,550 £326,110 BNA 1895, 1903
Australia 21 Apr 1885 25 Nov1886 Oct 1888 £195,390 £63,000 £258,390 £299,027 BNA 1895, 1903
Galatea 21 Apr 1885 10 Mar 1887 Mar 1889 £195,390 £63,000 £258,390 £291,803 BNA 1895, 1903
Immortalite 18 Jan 1886 7 Jul 1887 Jul 1889 £221,500 £57,000 £278,500 £332,359 BNA 1895, 1903
Narcissus 27 Apr 1885 15 Dec 1886 Jul 1889 £195,890 £61,500 £257,390 £300,149 BNA 1895, 1903
Undaunted 23 Apr 1885 25 Nov 1886 Jul 1889 £195,890 £60,165 £256,055 £300,863 BNA 1895, 1903
Blake class 1st class protected cruiser.
Blake Jul 1888 23 Nov1889 2 Feb 1892 £440,471 BNA 1895
Blenheim Oct 1888 5 Jul 1890 26 May 1894 £425,591 BNA 1895
Edgar class 1st class protected cruiser.
Edgar 3 Jun 1889 24 Nov 1890 2 Mar 1893 £401,083 £428,081 £410,980 BNA 1895, 1905
Hawke 16 Jun 1889 11 Mar 1891 16 May 1893 £365,491 £413,101 £400,702 BNA 1895, 1905
Endymion 22 Nov 1889 22 Jul 1891 26 May 1894 £350,459 £397,973 £375,250 BNA 1895, 1905
Royal Arthur
ex-Centaur 		20 Jan 1890 26 Feb 1891 2 Mar 1893 £402,414 £427,620 £412,033 BNA 1895, 1905
Gibraltar 2 Dec 1889 27 Apr 1892 1 Nov 1894 £347,634 £377,741 £373,236 BNA 1895, 1905
Grafton 1 Jan 1890 30 Jan 1892 18 Oct 1894 £351,851 £381,958 £372,890 BNA 1895, 1905
St George 23 Apr 1890 23 Jun 1892 25 Oct 1894 £377,204 £407,540 £388,755 BNA 1895, 1905
Theseus 16 Jul 1890 8 Sep 1892 14 Jan1894 £347,577 £377,913 £370,359 BNA 1895, 1905
Crescent 13 Oct 1890 30 Mar 1892 22 Feb 1894 £383,068 £411,108 £392,453 BNA 1895, 1905
Powerful class 1st class protected cruiser.
Powerful 1894 24 Jul 1895 8 Jun 1897 £741,870 £705,335 BNA 1904, 1906
Terrible 1894 27 May 1895 24 Mar 1898 £740,584 £708,619 BNA 1904, 1906
Diadem class 1st class protected cruiser.
Diadem 23 Jan 1896 21 Oct 1896 19 Jul 1898 £582,662 £554,863 BNA 1904, 1905, 1906
Amphitrite 8 Dec 1896 5 Jan 1898 17 Sep 1901 £575,300 £552,795 BNA 1904, 1905, 1906
Andromeda 2 Dec 1895 30 Apr 1897 5 Sep 1899 £601,356 £574,916 BNA 1904, 1905, 1906
Argonaut 23 Nov 1896 24 Jan 1898 19 Apr 1900 £573,704 £545,756 BNA 1904, 1905, 1906
Ariadne 29 Oct 1896 22 Apr 1898 5 Jun 1902 £565,464 £541,927 BNA 1904, 1905, 1906
Europa 10 Jan 1896 20 Mar 1897 23 Nov 1899 £589,835 £564,690 BNA 1904, 1905, 1906
Niobe 16 Dec 1895 20 Feb 1897 6 Dec 1898 £574,878 £548,283 BNA 1904, 1905, 1906
Spartiate 10 May 1897 27 Oct 1898 17 Mar 1903 £680,188 £654,661 BNA 1904, 1905, 1906
Cressy class armoured cruiser.
Cressy 12 Oct 1898 14 Dec 1899 28 May 1901 £780,110 £749,324 BNA 1904, 1906
Sutlej 15 Aug 1898 18 Nov 1899 6 May 1902 £790,706 £755,690 BNA 1904, 1906
Aboukir 9 Nov 1898 16 May 1900 3 Apr 1902 £783,883 £751,118 BNA 1904, 1906
Hogue 14 Jul 1898 13 Aug 1900 19 Nov 1902 £787,507 £749,809 BNA 1904, 1906
Bacchante 15 Feb 1899 21 Feb 1901 25 Nov 1902 £787,230 £787,230 BNA 1904, 1906
Euryalus 18 Jul 1899 20 May 1901 5 Jan 1904 £817,880 £782,901 BNA 1904, 1906
Drake class armoured cruiser.
Drake 24 Apr 1899 5 Mar 1901 13 Jan 1902 £1,050,625 £1,002,977 BNA 1905, 1906
Good Hope
ex-Africa 		11 Sep 1899 21 Feb 1901 8 Nov 1902 £1,023,629 £990,759 BNA 1905, 1906
King Alfred 11 Aug 1899 28 Oct 1901 22 Dec 1903 £1,013,772 £978,125 BNA 1905, 1906
Leviathan 30 Nov 1899 3 Jul 1901 16 Jun 1903 £1,043,097 £1,012,959 BNA 1905, 1906
Monmouth class armoured cruiser.
Monmouth 29 Aug 1899 13 Nov 1901 2 Dec 1903 £709,085 £979,591 BNA 1905, 1906
Bedford 19 Feb 1900 31 Aug 1901 11 Nov1903 £734,330 £706,020 BNA 1905, 1906
Essex 1 Jan 1900 29 Aug 1901 22 Mar 1903 £770,325 £736,557 BNA 1905, 1906
Kent 12 Feb 1900 6 Mar 1900 1 Oct 1903 £733,940 £700,283 BNA 1905, 1906
Berwick 19 Apr 1901 20 Sep 1902 9 Dec 1903 £776,868 £750,984 BNA 1905, 1906
Cornwall 11 Mar 1901 29 Oct 1902 1 Dec 1905 £789,421 £756,274 BNA 1905, 1906
Cumberland 19 Feb 1901 16 Dec 1902 1 Dec 1904 £751,508 £718,168 BNA 1905, 1906
Donegal 14 Feb 1901 4 Sep1902 5 Nov 1903 £752,964 £715,947 BNA 1905, 1906
Lancaster 4 Mar 1901 22 Mar 1903 5 Apr 1904 £763,084 £732,858 BNA 1905, 1906
Suffolk 25 Mar 1901 15 Jan 1903 21 May 1904 £783,054 £722,681 BNA 1905, 1906
Devonshire class armoured cruiser.
Devonshire 25 Mar 1902 30 Apr 1904 24 Aug 1905 £900,792 *** £818,167 BNA 1905, 1906
Antrim 27 Aug 1902 8 Oct 1903 23 Jun 1905 £899,050 *** £873,625 BNA 1905, 1906
Argyll 1 Sep 1902 3 Mar 1904 Dec 1905 £912,588 *** £873,598 BNA 1905, 1906
Carnarvon 1 Oct 1902 17 Oct 1903 29 May 1905 £899,465 *** £858,130 BNA 1905, 1906
Hampshire 1 Sep 1901 24 Sep 1903 15 Jul 1905 £872,327 *** £833,817 BNA 1905, 1906
Roxburgh 13 Jun 1902 9 Jan 1904 5 Sep 1905 £866,199 *** £829,327 BNA 1905, 1906
Duke of Edinburgh class armoured cruiser.
Duke of Edinburgh 11 Feb 1903 14 Jun 1904 20 Jan 1906 £1,201,687 * BNA 1914
Black Prince 3 Jun 1903 8 Nov 1904 17 Mar 1906 £1,193,414 * BNA 1914
Warrior class armoured cruiser.
Warrior 5 Nov 1903 25 Nov 1905 12 Dec 1907 £1,186,395 * BNA 1914
Cochrane 24 Mar 1904 20 May 1905 18 Feb 1907 £1,193,121 * BNA 1914
Achilles 22 Feb 1904 17 Jun 1905 22 Apr 1906 £1,191,103 * BNA 1914
Natal 6 Jan 1904 30 Sep 1905 5 Mar 1907 £1,218,244 * BNA 1914
Minotaur class armoured cruiser.
Minotaur 2 Jan 1905 6 Jun 1906 1 Apr 1908 £1,438,065 * BNA 1914
Shannon 2 Jan 1905 20 Sep 1906 10 Mar 1908 £1,423,410 * BNA 1914
Defence 22 Feb 1905 24 Apr 1907 9 Feb 1909 £1,383,744 * BNA 1914
Invincible class dreadnought armoured cruiser/battle cruiser.
Invincible 2 Apr 1906 13 Apr 1907 20 Mar 1909[7] £1,768,995 * £1,635,739
armament £90,000 		BNA 1914
Inflexible 5 Feb 1906 26 Jun 1907 20 Oct 1908 £1,728,229 * £1,677,515
armament £90,000 		BNA 1914
Indomitable 1 Mar 1906 16 Mar 1907 25 Jun 1908 £1,761,080 * £1,662,337
armament £90,000 		BNA 1914
Indefatigable class dreadnought armoured cruiser/battle cruiser.
Indefatigable 23 Feb 1909 28 Oct 1909 Apr 1911 £1,536,769 * £1,547,500
guns£94,200 		BNA 1914
New Zealand 20 Jun 1910 1 Jul 1911 Nov 1912 not stated £1,684,990
guns£94,200 		BNA 1914
Australia 23 Jun 1910 25 Oct 1911 21 June 1913 not stated not stated BNA 1914
Lion class dreadnought armoured cruiser/battle cruiser.
Lion 29 Sep 1909 6 Aug 1910 May 1912 £2,086,458 * £2,086,458 ** BNA 1914
Princess Royal 2 May 1910 24 Apr 1911 Nov 1912 £2,092,214 * £2,089,178 ** BNA 1914
Queen Mary 6 Mar 1911 20 Mar 1912 Aug 1913 £2,078,491 * £2,078,491 ** BNA 1914
Tiger class battle cruiser.
Tiger 20 Jun 1912 15 Dec 1913 Oct 1914 £2,500,000 * £2,593,100 ** BNA 1924
Renown class battle cruiser.
Renown 25 Jan 1915 4 Mar 1916 20 Sep 1916 £3,111,284 not stated £3,111,266 BNA 1924, Janes.
Repulse 25 Jan 1915 8 Jan 1916 18 Aug 1916 £2,760,062 not stated £2,627,401 see note BNA 1924, Janes. Total from Janes' of £2,627,401 is "not inclusive of all charges, and is liable to revision."
Courageous class large light cruiser.
Glorious 1 May 1915 20 Apr 1916 Jan 1917 not stated not stated £3,000,000 approx Janes says "No figures are available as to cost, but they are said to have run to three millions apiece." Of Courageous, Janes said the cost of conversion to aircraft carrier was £2,025,800.
Courageous 28 Mar 1915 5 Feb 1916 Jan 1917 not stated not stated £3,000,000 approx
Furious 8 Jun 1915 15 Aug 1916 4 Jul 1917 £1,920,000
see note 		not stated £4,000,000 approx - see note BNA 1924 - estimated cost as originally designed. Janes says: "Including cost of alterations, this ship is said to have cost over six million pounds." Since the cost of conversion of Courageous is given as £2,025,800, this would give an approximate cost for Furious as completed as approximately £4 million.
Admiral class battle cruiser.
Hood 1 Sep 1916 22 Aug 1918 15 May 1920 £5,843,039* £6,025,000 £6,025,000 BNA 1924, Janes. Laid down twice: 1st time 31 May 1916, 2ns time 1st September 1916. Completed = date first commissioned
Anson 9 Oct 1916 Construction suspended on 9 March 1917 and cancelled in October 1918. Disposed of October 1918- August 1919. A total of £860,000 had been spent on them by the time they were cancelled.[8]
Howe 16 Oct 1916
Rodney 9 Oct 1916

* = estimated cost, including guns ** = including guns *** = cost published by Brassey before the ship was complete. i.e. The total cost may have been more than this.

  1. ^ The Naval Annual 1895 , p192-200
  2. ^ The Naval Annual 1887, p286-295 or The Naval Annual 1895, p192-217
  3. ^ The Naval Annual 1903, p236-243 or Brassey's Naval Annual 1904, p212-233 or Brassey's Naval Annual 1905, p234-249.
  4. ^ Brassey's Naval Annual 1906, p208-223, or Brassey's Naval Annual 1914, p192-199 or Brassey's Naval and Shipping Annual 1924, p422-424..
  5. ^ Parkes, Oscar, British Battleships.
  6. ^ King, Warships and Navies of the World, p203. Janes Fighting Ships of World War IIpub Bracken Vooks, 1898, reprinted 1989. ISBM 1-85170-194-X
  7. ^ Conways and Brassey say 1909, though Parkes says 1908.
  8. ^ Parkes, p644.
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