for armoured ship Thursday this week we have HMS Shannon the first armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy. Shannon was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1877. she was built in response to the Russian Imperial Navy's first armoured cruisers General Admiral and Herzog Edinburgski which were also the world's first armoured cruisers. Shannon displaced 5,670 tons and was 260 feet in length. she was powered with a Laird compound steam engine of 3,370ihp and could make a top speed of 12.25kts. her armoured belt was from 6"-9" thick and she had a 1.5" armoured protective deck. Shannon's main battery consisted of two 10" muzzle loading rifles and seven 9" mlr's. Shannon was slow, overweight and her engine was troublesome, thus, she did little overseas service. she did serve for awhile on the China station, the Pacific station and in the Mediterranean. in 1881 HMS Shannon was refitted and from then on did service in home waters. first as tender to HMS Warrior and then as a coastguard ship. Shannon was placed in reserve in 1895 and sold for scrap in 1899. the first picture is a wonderful colour print by W. Fred Mitchell of HMS Shannon at sea. the second picture is Shannon at anchor and last a diagram of the ship and the position of the armour and guns.
for armoured ship Thursday this week we have HMS Shannon the first armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy. Shannon was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1877. she was built in response to the Russian Imperial Navy's first armoured cruisers General Admiral and Herzog Edinburgski which were also the world's first armoured cruisers. Shannon displaced 5,670 tons and was 260 feet in length. she was powered with a Laird compound steam engine of 3,370ihp and could make a top speed of 12.25kts. her armoured belt was from 6"-9" thick and she had a 1.5" armoured protective deck. Shannon's main battery consisted of two 10" muzzle loading rifles and seven 9" mlr's. Shannon was slow, overweight and her engine was troublesome, thus, she did little overseas service. she did serve for awhile on the China station, the Pacific station and in the Mediterranean. in 1881 HMS Shannon was refitted and from then on did service in home waters. first as tender to HMS Warrior and then as a coastguard ship. Shannon was placed in reserve in 1895 and sold for scrap in 1899. the first picture is a wonderful colour print by W. Fred Mitchell of HMS Shannon at sea. the second picture is Shannon at anchor and last a diagram of the ship and the position of the armour and guns.
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