HMS Gladiator (1896)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Gladiator.
HMS Gladiator was a second class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched on 8 December 1896 at Portsmouth, England.[3] She was of the Arrogant class rated at 5,750 long tons (5,840 t) displacement, with a crew of 250 officers and men. She had three distinctive stacks amidships with a conspicuous bridge well forward.
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Name | HMS Gladiator |
Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard[1] |
Laid down | January 1896[1] |
Launched | 18 December 1896[1] |
Completed | April 1899[1] |
Fate | Capsized after collision, 25 April 1908[1] Scrapped October 1908[2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Arrogant-class protected cruiser |
Displacement | 5,750 tons |
Length | 342 ft (104 m) |
Beam | 57 ft 6 in (17.53 m) |
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Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Complement | 480 |
Armament |
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Armour | Deck : 3 in (76 mm) |
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