HMS Galatea (1887)

HMS Galatea (1887)
Career
Name:	HMS Galatea
Builder:	Robert Napier & Sons, Govan
Laid down:	21 April 1885
Launched:	10 March 1887
Fate:	Sold for breaking up 4 April 1905
General characteristics
Displacement:	5,600 tons
Length:	300 ft (91 m)
Beam:	56 ft (17 m)
Draught:	22.5 ft (6.9 m)
Propulsion:	3-cylinder triple-extension steam engines two shafts 4 double-ended boilers 5,500 hp 8,500 hp forced-draught
Speed:	17 knots natural draught 18 knots forced draught
Range:	10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement:	484
Armament:	2 × BL 9.2-inch (233.7 mm) guns (2 x 1) 10 x BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns (10 x 1) 6 × 6 pdr guns (6 × 1) QF 10 × 3 pdr guns (10 × 1) QF 6 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes: 4 above-water broadside 1 bow and 1 stern submerged
Armour:	10 in (254 mm) belt 12 in (304.8 mm) conning tower

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Galatea.

HMS Galatea was an Orlando-class first-class cruiser built in Glasgow, and launched on 10 March 1887 and sold for scrapping on 5 April 1905.

She served as coast guard ship at Hull in 1901.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475. 
• Roger Chesneau and Eugene M. Kolesnik, ed., Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1860-1905, (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1979), ISBN 0-85177-133-5