HMS Mersey (1885)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Mersey
Builder	Chatham Dockyard; Machinery by Humphrys, Tennant & Co.;
Laid down	9 July 1883
Launched	31 March 1885
Commissioned	June 1887
Fate	Sold for scrapping on 4 April 1905
General characteristics
Class & type	Mersey-class second-class cruiser
Displacement	4,050 tons
Length	315 ft (96 m) oa; 300 ft (91 m) pp;
Beam	46 ft (14 m)
Draught	19 ft 6 in (6 m)
Propulsion	2-cyl horizontal direct-acting compound expansion; 12 cylindrical boilers; Twin screws;
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h) (4,500 ihp); 18 knots (33 km/h) (6,000 ihp);
Range	900 tons coal; 8,750 miles at 10 knots (19 km/h);
Complement	325
Armament	2 × BL 8-inch (203.2 mm) Mk IV guns; 10 × BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns; 3 × QF 6 pounder; 3 × 3 pounder QF; 9 × machine guns; 2 × torpedo tubes;
Armour	Deck: 2-inch (50.80 mm) - 4-inch (101.6 mm); Gunshields: 2-inch (50.80 mm); Conning tower: 9-inch (228.6 mm);

HMS Mersey was a Mersey-class second class protected cruiser. She was launched in 1885, but had a relatively mundane career and was sold for breaking in 1905.