Eclipse-class cruiser

	HMS Talbot
Class overview
Name	Eclipse class
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Astraea class
Succeeded by	Arrogant class
Built	1893–1898
In commission	1897–1921
Completed	9
Scrapped	9
General characteristics
Type	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)
Installed power	9,600 ihp (7,200 kW); 8 cylindrical boilers;
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 Inverted triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph)
Complement	450
Armament	As built:; 5 × QF 6-inch (152 mm) guns; 6 × QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns; 8 × QF 12-pounder (3 inch, 76.2 mm) guns; 6 × QF 3-pounder (47 mm) guns; 3 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes; After 1905:; 11 × QF 6-inch guns; 9 × QF 12-pounder guns; 7 × QF 3-pounder guns; 3 × 18-inch torpedo tubes;
Armour	Gun shields: 3 in (76 mm); Engine hatch: 6 in (152 mm); Decks: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm); Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm);

The Eclipse-class cruisers were a class of nine second-class protected cruisers constructed for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s.

Class overview
HMS Talbot
Name	Eclipse class
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Astraea class
Succeeded by	Arrogant class
Built	1893–1898
In commission	1897–1921
Completed	9
Scrapped	9
General characteristics
Type	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)
Installed power	9,600 ihp (7,200 kW) 8 cylindrical boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 Inverted triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph)
Complement	450
Armament	As built: 5 × QF 6-inch (152 mm) guns 6 × QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns 8 × QF 12-pounder (3 inch, 76.2 mm) guns 6 × QF 3-pounder (47 mm) guns 3 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes After 1905: 11 × QF 6-inch guns 9 × QF 12-pounder guns 7 × QF 3-pounder guns 3 × 18-inch torpedo tubes
Armour	Gun shields: 3 in (76 mm) Engine hatch: 6 in (152 mm) Decks: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm) Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm)