HMS Mersey (1885)
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NameHMS Mersey
Builder
- Chatham Dockyard
- Machinery by Humphrys, Tennant & Co.
Laid down9 July 1883
Launched31 March 1885
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| Name | HMS Mersey |
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| 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 | |
| Beam | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Draught | 19 ft 6 in (6 m) |
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| Complement | 325 |
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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.
The Mersey-class cruisers were relatively modern, in that they were the first cruisers that had discarded their sailing rigs in the design, that was synonymous with the old wooden warships, and were now solely steam powered warships.