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HMS Doris (1896)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Doris.
HMS Doris was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s.
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Name | HMS Doris |
Builder | Naval Construction & Armaments Co., Barrow-in-Furness |
Laid down | 29 August 1894 |
Launched | 3 March 1896 |
Completed | 18 November 1897 |
Reclassified | As depot ship, 1917 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 2 February 1919 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Eclipse-class protected cruiser |
Displacement | 5,600 long tons (5,690 t) |
Length | 350 ft (106.7 m) |
Beam | 53 ft 6 in (16.3 m) |
Draught | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 Inverted triple-expansion steam engines |
Speed | 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph) |
Complement | 450 |
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