Raleigh 1874
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Raleigh | Chatham DYd | 8.2.1871 | 1.3.1873 | 6.1874 | sold to BU 7.1905 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
5200 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
90.8 pp |
|
Breadth, m |
14.9 |
|
Draught, m |
7.48 |
|
No of shafts |
1 (hoisting screw) |
|
Machinery |
sails + 1 2-cyl HSE, 9 rectangular boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
5639 |
|
Max speed, kts |
15.3 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 540 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2100(10) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 229/14 MLR Mk IV, 14 x 1 - 178/16 MLR Mk III, 6 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr 64cwt MLR |
|
Complement |
530 |
Project history: In Raleigh the iron
hull, from keel to bulwarks, was clad with a double layer of 76mm timber. The
first layer was applied vertically and the second layer horizontally. Ship was
coppered, without double bottom or wing compartments, but had lateral watertight
bulkheads extended up to the upper deck. There were three complete decks.
The two 9in guns in Raleigh were chase guns, mounted at extremities. Four of the
64pdr guns were truck-mounted on the upper deck, on the broadside.
The engines of Inconstant, Raleigh and Shah
were of greater size and power than any existing cruiser. Ship had telescopic
funnels and hoisting screw. She was ship rigged, with fixed bowsprits.
Raleigh's sail plan had no counterpart in the navy. Her lower and topsail
yards were on a second class scale, whilst her topgallants and royals were equal
to the largest, and because of this, apart from gaffs and courses, her sails
were not interchangeable with any other vessel. Boilers operated at 2.1 kgf/cm2.
Modernizations: 1883: - 8 x 1 - 178/16; + 8 x 1 - 152/26 BL Mk II, 8 x 1 - 127/25 BL Mk I/II/III/IV/V, 4 x 1 - 81/19 12pdr 8cwt BL, 12 x 6 - 11.4/59, 2 - 356 TC
Naval service: No significant events.
Raleigh with fore funnel lowered
© Ivan Gogin, 2014