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The nine Second-Class Cruisers of the '''''Eclipse'' Class''' (sometimes referred to as the '''''Talbot'' class''') were completed for the [[Royal Navy]] between 1896 and 1898. <div name=fredbot:ships> {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: 0 0 1em 0.5em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;" align=center; |- ! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 9 vessels |- | colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> |- ! align=center | Name ! align=center | Builder ! align=center | Laid Down ! align=center | Launched ! align=center | Completed ! align=center | Fate |- align=left | {{Template:UK-1Diana}} |[[Fairfield]] |13 Aug, 1894 |5 Dec, 1895 |15 Jun, 1897 |Sold 1 Jul, 1920 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Dido}} |[[London & Glasgow]] |30 Aug, 1894 |20 Mar, 1896 |10 May, 1898 |Sold 16 Dec, 1926 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Doris}} |[[Vickers]] |29 Aug, 1894 |3 Mar, 1896 |18 Nov, 1897 |Sold 20 Feb, 1919 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-1Eclipse}} |[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]] |11 Dec, 1893 |19 Jul, 1894 |23 Mar, 1897 |Sold Aug, 1921 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-1Isis}} |[[London & Glasgow]] |30 Jan, 1895 |27 Jun, 1896 |10 May, 1898 |Sold 26 Feb, 1920 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Juno}} |[[Vickers]] |22 Jun, 1894 |16 Nov, 1895 |16 Jun, 1897 |Sold 24 Sep, 1920 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Minerva}} |[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]] |4 Dec, 1893 |23 Sep, 1895 |4 Feb, 1897 |Sold 5 Oct, 1920 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Talbot}} |[[Devonport Royal Dockyard]] |5 Mar, 1894 |25 Apr, 1895 |15 Sep, 1896 |Sold 6 Dec, 1921 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Venus}} |[[Fairfield]] |28 Jun, 1894 |5 Sep, 1895 |9 Nov, 1897 |Sold 22 Sep, 1921 |} </div name=fredbot:ships> ==Binoculars== In September 1914, the ships were allowed four additional pairs of Pattern 343 Service Binoculars.{{AWO1914|331 of 8 Sep, 1914}} ==Armament== ===Main Battery=== Originally, all vessels carried a mixed main battery:<ref>Quarterly Appropriation List of Gun Mountings for B.L., Q.F, and Machine Guns, August 1914. {{TNA|ADM 186/195|C2488156}}p.29.</ref> * Five 6-in P.II Mountings for Q.F. Mark II Guns * Six 4.7-in P.IV Mountings for Q.F. Mark IV Guns <!-- ===Secondary Battery=== ===Other Guns=== --> ===Torpedoes=== Originally, there were three tubes:{{ARTS1894|pp. 72-73}}{{UKTorpM1909III|p. 265}} * two submerged tubes with three torpedoes each and one (shared between them) for exercise, depressed 3 degrees and bearing abeam; axis of tube was 6 feet below load water line and 10 inches above the deck. * one stern tube with two torpedoes and one for exercise All torpedoes would be stored at the submerged tubes except a single one stored at the stern tube. In {{UK-Talbot}}'s trials, she was able to fire from submerged tubes with no deflection while running full speed. Her stern tube appears to have been above-water by design but was firing reliably even when full of water at speed, unlike the [[Apollo Class Cruiser (1890)|''Apollo'' class]] which found this problematic the same year.{{ARTS1896|pp. 36, 37, 41}} By 1909, the stern tube had been removed.{{UKTorpM1909III|p. 265}} <!-- ==Fire Control== ===Rangefinders=== ===Transmitting Stations=== ===Fire Control Instruments=== ==Torpedo Control== --> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_class_cruiser}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{DittColl}} {{refend}} {{Footer Eclipse Class Cruiser (1894)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Eclipse}} {{CatClassSecondClassProtectedCruiser|UK}} <!-- data nat=UK cat=SecondClassProtectedCruiser type=second class protected cruiser chain=Minor Cruisers {ship name=Diana pend=D.18 (1914)<br>P.58 (Sep 1915)<br>N.34 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 40}} builder=[[Fairfield]]{{Conways1860|p. 78}} order=1893-94 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 78}} laid=13 Aug, 1894{{Conways1860|p. 78}} launch=5 Dec, 1895{{Conways1860|p. 78}} comm=15 6 97{{Conways1860|p. 78}} fate=Sold fate2=Scrapped fatedate=1 Jul, 1920{{DittColl|p. 40}} } {ship name=Dido pend=P.05 (1914)<br>P.87 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 293}} builder=[[London & Glasgow]]{{DittColl|p. 293}} order=" laid=30 8 94{{Conways1860|p. 78}} launch=20 Mar, 1896{{DittColl|p. 293}} comm=10 5 98{{Conways1860|p. 78}} fate=Sold fate2=Scrapped fatedate=16 Dec, 1926{{DittColl|p. 293}} } {ship name=Doris pend=D.59 (1914)<br>P.47 (Sep 1915)<br>''none'' (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 40}} builder=[[Vickers]]{{DittColl|p. 40}} order=" laid=29 8 94{{Conways1860|p. 78}} launch=3 Mar, 1896{{DittColl|p. 40}} comm=18 11 97{{Conways1860|p. 78}} fate=Sold fate2=Scrapped fatedate=20 Feb, 1919{{DittColl|p. 40}} } {ship name=Eclipse pend=D.58 (1914)<br>''none'' (Sep 1915)<br>''Oblique'' (Mar 1916){{DittColl|p. 40}} builder=[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]{{DittColl|p. 40}} order=" laid=11 12 93{{Conways1860|p. 78}} launch=19 Jul, 1894{{DittColl|p. 40}} comm=23 3 97{{Conways1860|p. 78}} fate=Sold fate2=Scrapped fatedate=Aug, 1921{{DittColl|p. 40}} } {ship name=Isis pend=D.60 (1914)<br>P.60 (Sep 1915)<br>N.61 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 40}} builder=[[London & Glasgow]]{{DittColl|p. 40}} order=" laid=30 1 95{{Conways1860|p. 78}} launch=27 Jun, 1896{{DittColl|p. 40}} comm=10 5 98{{Conways1860|p. 78}} fate=Sold fate2=Scrapped fatedate=26 Feb, 1920{{DittColl|p. 40}} } {ship name=Juno pend=N.37 (1914)<br>N.65 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 40}} builder=[[Vickers]]{{DittColl|p. 40}} order=" laid=22 6 94{{Conways1860|p. 78}} launch=16 Nov, 1895{{DittColl|p. 40}} comm=16 6 97{{Conways1860|p. 78}} fate=Sold fate2=Scrapped fatedate=24 Sep, 1920{{DittColl|p. 40}} } {ship name=Minerva pend=P.32 (1914)<br>P.1A (Sep 1915)<br>P.7A (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 40}} builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]{{DittColl|p. 40}} order=" laid=4 12 93{{Conways1860|p. 78}} launch=23 Sep, 1895{{DittColl|p. 40}} comm=4 2 97{{Conways1860|p. 78}} fate=Sold fate2=to Auten Ltd.{{DittColl|p. 40}} fatedate=5 Oct, 1920{{DittColl|p. 40}} } {ship name=Talbot pend=D.61 (1914)<br>P.61 (Sep 1915)<br>P.A7 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 40}} builder=[[Devonport Royal Dockyard]]{{DittColl|p. 40}} order=" laid=5 3 94{{Conways1860|p. 78}} launch=25 Apr, 1895{{DittColl|p. 40}} comm=15 9 96{{Conways1860|p. 78}} fate=Sold fate2=Scrapped fatedate=6 Dec, 1921{{DittColl|p. 40}} } {ship name=Venus pend=P.36 (1914)<br>P.2C (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 40}} builder=[[Fairfield]]{{DittColl|p. 40}} order=" laid=28 Jun, 1894{{Conways1860|p. 78}} launch=5 Sep, 1895{{DittColl|p. 40}} comm=9 Nov, 1897{{Conways1860|p. 78}} fate=Sold fate2=to Cohen{{DittColl|p. 40}} fatedate=22 Sep, 1921{{DittColl|p. 40}} } data -->

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