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'''H.M.S. ''Shannon''''' was completed in 1877 as the [[Royal Navy]]'s first armoured cruiser.
 
'''H.M.S. ''Shannon''''' was completed in 1877 as the [[Royal Navy]]'s first armoured cruiser.
  

Revision as of 20:47, 15 April 2016

H.M.S. Shannon (1875)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 29 Aug, 1873[2]
Launched: 11 Nov, 1875[3]
Commissioned: 17 Sep, 1877[4]
Sold: Dec, 1899[5]

H.M.S. Shannon was completed in 1877 as the Royal Navy's first armoured cruiser.

Design & Construction

Armament

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 63.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 63.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 63.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 63.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 63.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 249.



Armoured Cruiser H.M.S. Shannon
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