HMS Iris (1877)
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HMS Iris the lead ship of her class of two ships built for the Royal Navy in the 1870s. They were the first all-steel warships to serve with the Royal Navy.
Design and description
The Iris-class ships were designed as dispatch vessels and were later redesignated as second-class protected cruisers. Iris had an overall length of Script error: No such module "convert"., a beam of Script error: No such module "convert"., and a draught of Script error: No such module "convert".. They displaced Script error: No such module "convert". at normal load[1] and were the first British warships with an all-steel hull.[2] Their crew consisted of 275 officers and ratings.[1]
The Iris class was powered by a pair of horizontal four-cylinder Maudslay, Sons and Field compound-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam from eight oval and four cylindrical boilers.[1] The engines were designed to produce a total of Script error: No such module "convert". for a speed of Script error: No such module "convert".. Iris initially reached a maximum speed of Script error: No such module "convert". from Script error: No such module "convert". during her sea trials, but after new propellers were fitted, achieved Script error: No such module "convert". from Template:Cvt.[3] The ship carried enough coal to steam Script error: No such module "convert". at Script error: No such module "convert".. She was initially fitted with a barque sailing rig, but this was removed after a few years.[1]
The Iris-class ships were originally armed with ten 64-pounder (Script error: No such module "convert".) rifled muzzle-loading (RML) guns, eight on the main deck and the remaining pair on the upper deck on pivot mounts to serve as chase guns fore and aft.[1]
Construction and career
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Iris was laid down at the Pembroke Dockyard on 10 November 1875, launched on 12 April 1877 and completed in April 1879.[1] She served with the Mediterranean Fleet from 1879 to 1887, then in the Portsmouth Reserve from 1887 to 1903. She was a tender to Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". in 1903– 1904[4] and was sold for scrap on 11 July 1905.[1]
Citations
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Bibliography
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- Morris, Douglas (1987). Cruisers of the Royal and Commonwealth Navies. Liskeard: Maritime Books. Template:ISBN.
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