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Dimensions & Characteristics

Name	Displacement (tons)	Tonnage BOM	Length (ft)	Breadth (ft)	Engines ihp	Speed (kts)	Armament	Complement
Walker's large wooden steam frigates.
Diadem	3,880		240	48	2,979	12.0	20x10in SB, 10x32pdr SB, 2x68pdr SB	475
Doris	3,677				2,588	11.52
Ariadne	4,426		280	50	3,350	13.1	24x10in SB, 2x68pdr SB	450
Galatea	4,686				3,061	11.8
Mersey	5,643		336	52	3,691	12.58	28x10in SB, 12x68pdr SB	600
Orlando	5,643				3,617	13.0
Immortalité class wooden steam frigates.
Immortalité	3,984		251	52.1	2,366	12.3	30x8in SB, 20x32pdr SB 1x68pdr SB	550-600
Bristol	3,996		250	52	2,088	11.27
Glasgow	3,948		250	52.1	2,020	11.54
Newcastle	4,020		250	52	2,354	12.41
Undaunted	4,094		250	52.1	2,503	12.92

Building Programme

The following table gives the build details and purchase cost of British large cruisers , including iron steam frigates, ironclad cruising ships, belted cruisers, 1st class protected cruisers, armoured cruisers, dreadnought armoured cruisers, and battlecruisers. Standard British practice at that time was for these costs to exclude armament and stores. (Note that costs quoted by J.W. King were in US dollars.)

• Machinery meant "propelling machinery".
• Hull included "hydraulic machinery, gun mountings, etc."

Ship	Date of			Cost according to							Notes
	Laid Down	Launch	Completion	BNA 1886-1902			BNA 1903-1905	BNA 1906 onwards	Parkes	Other
				Hull	Machinery	Total excluding armament
Diadem class wooden steam frigates.
Diadem	Jun 1855	14 Oct 1856	Aug 1857
Doris	Jun 1856	23 May 1857	Mar 1859
Ariadne class wooden steam frigates.
Ariadne	Aug 1856	4 Jun 1859	Nov 1859
Galatea	Feb 1857	Sep 1859	Feb 1862
Mersey class wooden steam frigates.
Mersey	Dec 1856	13 Aug 1858	Mar 1859
Orlando	Nov 1856	12 Jun 1858	Dec 1861
Immortalité class wooden steam frigates.
Immortalité	Dec 1849	25 Oct 1859	Nov 1860
Bristol	Sep 1859	2 Feb 1861	Oct 1865
Glasgow	Dec 1859	28 Mar 1861	1870
Newcastle	Dec 1858	16 Oct 1860	Sep 1874
Undaunted	May 1859	1 Jan 1861	Not stated
Converted Fourth Rate sailing frigates, Constance and Sutlej classes.
Arethusa	Jan 1846	20 Jun 1849	9 Aug 1861
Constance	Oct 1843	12 Mar 1846	15 Apr 1862
Octavia	Sep 1846	18 Aug 1849	11 Apr 1861
Sutlej	Aug 1847	17 Apr 1855	26 Mar 1860
Unclassed wooden steam frigates.
Aurora	Sep 1854	22 Jun 1861	Nov 1863
Narcissus	Apr 1857	26 Oct 1859	Dec 1860
Endymion	Oct 1860	18 Nov 1865	Sep 1866
Inconstant class iron steam frigates.
Inconstant	Nov 1866	12 Nov 1868	14 Aug 1869	£138,585	£74,739	£213,324				$1,036,756	BNA 1887. Completed = date first commissioned
Raleigh	1871	1 Mar 1873	13 Jan 1874	£147,248	£46,138	£193,386				$939,586	BNA 1887, King. Completed = date first commissioned
Shah	1870	Sep 1873	14 Aug 1876	£177,912	£57,333	£235,245				$1,119,861	BNA 1887, King
Shannon class ironclad cruising ship.
Shannon	29 Aug 1873	11 Nov 1875	17 Sep 1877	£233,902	£53,367	£287,269			£302,707		BNA 1895, King. Conways says laid down 29 August 1873. Parkes says 29 September 1873.
Nelson class ironclad cruising ship.
Nelson	2 Nov 1874	4 Nov 1876	26 Jul 1880	£303,310	£87,545	£390,865			£411,302		BNA 1895
Northampton	26 Oct 1874	18 Nov 1876	7 Dec 1878	£296,836	£98,968	£395,804			£414,441		BNA 1895
Imperieuse class armoured cruiser/second class battleship.
Imperieuse	10 Aug 1881	18 Dec 1883	Sep 1886	£417,437	£113,377	£530,814	Details of cost incomplete		£543,758		BNA 1895, 1903
Warspite	25 Oct 1881	29 Jan 1884	Jun 1888	£415,546	£113,786	£529,332	£653,072		£538,797		BNA 1895, 1903
Orlando class belted/armoured cruiser.
Orlando	23 Apr 1885	3 Aug 1886	Jun 1888	£206,647	£60,165	£266,812	£303,065				BNA 1895, 1903
Aurora	1 Feb 1886	28 Oct 1887	Jul 1889	£220,550	£64,000	£284,550	£326,110				BNA 1895, 1903
Australia	21 Apr 1885	25 Nov1886	Oct 1888	£195,390	£63,000	£258,390	£299,027				BNA 1895, 1903
Galatea	21 Apr 1885	10 Mar 1887	Mar 1889	£195,390	£63,000	£258,390	£291,803				BNA 1895, 1903
Immortalite	18 Jan 1886	7 Jul 1887	Jul 1889	£221,500	£57,000	£278,500	£332,359				BNA 1895, 1903
Narcissus	27 Apr 1885	15 Dec 1886	Jul 1889	£195,890	£61,500	£257,390	£300,149				BNA 1895, 1903
Undaunted	23 Apr 1885	25 Nov 1886	Jul 1889	£195,890	£60,165	£256,055	£300,863				BNA 1895, 1903
Blake class 1st class protected cruiser.
Blake	Jul 1888	23 Nov1889	2 Feb 1892			£440,471					BNA 1895
Blenheim	Oct 1888	5 Jul 1890	26 May 1894			£425,591					BNA 1895
Edgar class 1st class protected cruiser.
Edgar	3 Jun 1889	24 Nov 1890	2 Mar 1893			£401,083	£428,081	£410,980			BNA 1895, 1905
Hawke	16 Jun 1889	11 Mar 1891	16 May 1893			£365,491	£413,101	£400,702			BNA 1895, 1905
Endymion	22 Nov 1889	22 Jul 1891	26 May 1894			£350,459	£397,973	£375,250			BNA 1895, 1905
Royal Arthur ex-Centaur	20 Jan 1890	26 Feb 1891	2 Mar 1893			£402,414	£427,620	£412,033			BNA 1895, 1905
Gibraltar	2 Dec 1889	27 Apr 1892	1 Nov 1894			£347,634	£377,741	£373,236			BNA 1895, 1905
Grafton	1 Jan 1890	30 Jan 1892	18 Oct 1894			£351,851	£381,958	£372,890			BNA 1895, 1905
St George	23 Apr 1890	23 Jun 1892	25 Oct 1894			£377,204	£407,540	£388,755			BNA 1895, 1905
Theseus	16 Jul 1890	8 Sep 1892	14 Jan1894			£347,577	£377,913	£370,359			BNA 1895, 1905
Crescent	13 Oct 1890	30 Mar 1892	22 Feb 1894			£383,068	£411,108	£392,453			BNA 1895, 1905
Powerful class 1st class protected cruiser.
Powerful	1894	24 Jul 1895	8 Jun 1897				£741,870	£705,335			BNA 1904, 1906
Terrible	1894	27 May 1895	24 Mar 1898				£740,584	£708,619			BNA 1904, 1906
Diadem class 1st class protected cruiser.
Diadem	23 Jan 1896	21 Oct 1896	19 Jul 1898				£582,662	£554,863			BNA 1904, 1905, 1906
Amphitrite	8 Dec 1896	5 Jan 1898	17 Sep 1901				£575,300	£552,795			BNA 1904, 1905, 1906
Andromeda	2 Dec 1895	30 Apr 1897	5 Sep 1899				£601,356	£574,916			BNA 1904, 1905, 1906
Argonaut	23 Nov 1896	24 Jan 1898	19 Apr 1900				£573,704	£545,756			BNA 1904, 1905, 1906
Ariadne	29 Oct 1896	22 Apr 1898	5 Jun 1902				£565,464	£541,927			BNA 1904, 1905, 1906
Europa	10 Jan 1896	20 Mar 1897	23 Nov 1899				£589,835	£564,690			BNA 1904, 1905, 1906
Niobe	16 Dec 1895	20 Feb 1897	6 Dec 1898				£574,878	£548,283			BNA 1904, 1905, 1906
Spartiate	10 May 1897	27 Oct 1898	17 Mar 1903				£680,188	£654,661			BNA 1904, 1905, 1906
Cressy class armoured cruiser.
Cressy	12 Oct 1898	14 Dec 1899	28 May 1901				£780,110	£749,324			BNA 1904, 1906
Sutlej	15 Aug 1898	18 Nov 1899	6 May 1902				£790,706	£755,690			BNA 1904, 1906
Aboukir	9 Nov 1898	16 May 1900	3 Apr 1902				£783,883	£751,118			BNA 1904, 1906
Hogue	14 Jul 1898	13 Aug 1900	19 Nov 1902				£787,507	£749,809			BNA 1904, 1906
Bacchante	15 Feb 1899	21 Feb 1901	25 Nov 1902				£787,230	£787,230			BNA 1904, 1906
Euryalus	18 Jul 1899	20 May 1901	5 Jan 1904				£817,880	£782,901			BNA 1904, 1906
Drake class armoured cruiser.
Drake	24 Apr 1899	5 Mar 1901	13 Jan 1902				£1,050,625	£1,002,977			BNA 1905, 1906
Good Hope ex-Africa	11 Sep 1899	21 Feb 1901	8 Nov 1902				£1,023,629	£990,759			BNA 1905, 1906
King Alfred	11 Aug 1899	28 Oct 1901	22 Dec 1903				£1,013,772	£978,125			BNA 1905, 1906
Leviathan	30 Nov 1899	3 Jul 1901	16 Jun 1903				£1,043,097	£1,012,959			BNA 1905, 1906
Monmouth class armoured cruiser.
Monmouth	29 Aug 1899	13 Nov 1901	2 Dec 1903				£709,085	£979,591			BNA 1905, 1906
Bedford	19 Feb 1900	31 Aug 1901	11 Nov1903				£734,330	£706,020			BNA 1905, 1906
Essex	1 Jan 1900	29 Aug 1901	22 Mar 1903				£770,325	£736,557			BNA 1905, 1906
Kent	12 Feb 1900	6 Mar 1900	1 Oct 1903				£733,940	£700,283			BNA 1905, 1906
Berwick	19 Apr 1901	20 Sep 1902	9 Dec 1903				£776,868	£750,984			BNA 1905, 1906
Cornwall	11 Mar 1901	29 Oct 1902	1 Dec 1905				£789,421	£756,274			BNA 1905, 1906
Cumberland	19 Feb 1901	16 Dec 1902	1 Dec 1904				£751,508	£718,168			BNA 1905, 1906
Donegal	14 Feb 1901	4 Sep1902	5 Nov 1903				£752,964	£715,947			BNA 1905, 1906
Lancaster	4 Mar 1901	22 Mar 1903	5 Apr 1904				£763,084	£732,858			BNA 1905, 1906
Suffolk	25 Mar 1901	15 Jan 1903	21 May 1904				£783,054	£722,681			BNA 1905, 1906
Devonshire class armoured cruiser.
Devonshire	25 Mar 1902	30 Apr 1904	24 Aug 1905				£900,792 ***	£818,167			BNA 1905, 1906
Antrim	27 Aug 1902	8 Oct 1903	23 Jun 1905				£899,050 ***	£873,625			BNA 1905, 1906
Argyll	1 Sep 1902	3 Mar 1904	Dec 1905				£912,588 ***	£873,598			BNA 1905, 1906
Carnarvon	1 Oct 1902	17 Oct 1903	29 May 1905				£899,465 ***	£858,130			BNA 1905, 1906
Hampshire	1 Sep 1901	24 Sep 1903	15 Jul 1905				£872,327 ***	£833,817			BNA 1905, 1906
Roxburgh	13 Jun 1902	9 Jan 1904	5 Sep 1905				£866,199 ***	£829,327			BNA 1905, 1906
Duke of Edinburgh class armoured cruiser.
Duke of Edinburgh	11 Feb 1903	14 Jun 1904	20 Jan 1906					£1,201,687 *			BNA 1914
Black Prince	3 Jun 1903	8 Nov 1904	17 Mar 1906					£1,193,414 *			BNA 1914
Warrior class armoured cruiser.
Warrior	5 Nov 1903	25 Nov 1905	12 Dec 1907					£1,186,395 *			BNA 1914
Cochrane	24 Mar 1904	20 May 1905	18 Feb 1907					£1,193,121 *			BNA 1914
Achilles	22 Feb 1904	17 Jun 1905	22 Apr 1906					£1,191,103 *			BNA 1914
Natal	6 Jan 1904	30 Sep 1905	5 Mar 1907					£1,218,244 *			BNA 1914
Minotaur class armoured cruiser.
Minotaur	2 Jan 1905	6 Jun 1906	1 Apr 1908					£1,438,065 *			BNA 1914
Shannon	2 Jan 1905	20 Sep 1906	10 Mar 1908					£1,423,410 *			BNA 1914
Defence	22 Feb 1905	24 Apr 1907	9 Feb 1909					£1,383,744 *			BNA 1914
Invincible class dreadnought armoured cruiser/battle cruiser.
Invincible	2 Apr 1906	13 Apr 1907	20 Mar 1909					£1,768,995 *	£1,635,739 armament £90,000		BNA 1914
Inflexible	5 Feb 1906	26 Jun 1907	20 Oct 1908					£1,728,229 *	£1,677,515 armament £90,000		BNA 1914
Indomitable	1 Mar 1906	16 Mar 1907	25 Jun 1908					£1,761,080 *	£1,662,337 armament £90,000		BNA 1914
Indefatigable class dreadnought armoured cruiser/battle cruiser.
Indefatigable	23 Feb 1909	28 Oct 1909	Apr 1911					£1,536,769 *	£1,547,500 guns£94,200		BNA 1914
New Zealand	20 Jun 1910	1 Jul 1911	Nov 1912					not stated	£1,684,990 guns£94,200		BNA 1914
Australia	23 Jun 1910	25 Oct 1911	21 June 1913					not stated	not stated		BNA 1914
Lion class dreadnought armoured cruiser/battle cruiser.
Lion	29 Sep 1909	6 Aug 1910	May 1912					£2,086,458 *	£2,086,458 **		BNA 1914
Princess Royal	2 May 1910	24 Apr 1911	Nov 1912					£2,092,214 *	£2,089,178 **		BNA 1914
Queen Mary	6 Mar 1911	20 Mar 1912	Aug 1913					£2,078,491 *	£2,078,491 **		BNA 1914
Tiger class battle cruiser.
Tiger	20 Jun 1912	15 Dec 1913	Oct 1914					£2,500,000 *	£2,593,100 **		BNA 1924
Renown class battle cruiser.
Renown	25 Jan 1915	4 Mar 1916	20 Sep 1916					£3,111,284	not stated	£3,111,266	BNA 1924, Janes.
Repulse	25 Jan 1915	8 Jan 1916	18 Aug 1916					£2,760,062	not stated	£2,627,401 see note	BNA 1924, Janes. Total from Janes' of £2,627,401 is "not inclusive of all charges, and is liable to revision."
Courageous class large light cruiser.
Glorious	1 May 1915	20 Apr 1916	Jan 1917					not stated	not stated	£3,000,000 approx	Janes says "No figures are available as to cost, but they are said to have run to three millions apiece." Of Courageous, Janes said the cost of conversion to aircraft carrier was £2,025,800.
Courageous	28 Mar 1915	5 Feb 1916	Jan 1917					not stated	not stated	£3,000,000 approx
Furious	8 Jun 1915	15 Aug 1916	4 Jul 1917					£1,920,000 see note	not stated	£4,000,000 approx - see note	BNA 1924 - estimated cost as originally designed. Janes says: "Including cost of alterations, this ship is said to have cost over six million pounds." Since the cost of conversion of Courageous is given as £2,025,800, this would give an approximate cost for Furious as completed as approximately £4 million.
Admiral class battle cruiser.
Hood	1 Sep 1916	22 Aug 1918	15 May 1920					£5,843,039*	£6,025,000	£6,025,000	BNA 1924, Janes. Laid down twice: 1st time 31 May 1916, 2ns time 1st September 1916. Completed = date first commissioned
Anson	9 Oct 1916										Construction suspended on 9 March 1917 and cancelled in October 1918. Disposed of October 1918- August 1919. A total of £860,000 had been spent on them by the time they were cancelled.
Howe	16 Oct 1916
Rodney	9 Oct 1916

* = estimated cost, including guns ** = including guns *** = cost published by Brassey before the ship was complete. i.e. The total cost may have been more than this.