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Nelson, 1876
Type: Cruisr 1st Class, Armoured ; late Iron armour-plated ship ; Armament 12 x 10 "
Launched : 1876 ;
Displacement: 7323 tons
Propulsion: Double Screw Complement: 560
Machinery notes: 6000 hpi ; Speed ; 14.4 knots ;
Notes:
1879 Chatham. Officers borne in Pembroke.
15 Dec 1883 at Glenelg.
20 Jun 1884 at Brisbane.
4 March 1885 at Sydney.
18 April 1885 Woolloomooloo Bay regatta.
25 April 1885, her two torpedo boats tested their torpedoes with satisfactory results.
21 Sep 1885 at Brisbane - Thomas Brown and Henry A. Arthur committed offences ashore.
1890 Chatham. Officers borne in Pembroke.