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| Name | Northampton (1876) | Explanation | |
| Type | Armoured cruiser | ||
| Launched | 18 November 1876 | ||
| Hull | Iron | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | |||
| Displacement | 7652 tons | ||
| Guns | 18 | ||
| Fate | 1905 | ||
| Class | Nelson | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1894 t.s. | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 6 November 1882 - 21 April 1886 | Commanded by Captain Noel Stephen Fox Digby, flagship of Vice-Admiral John Edmund Commerell, North America and West Indies | ||
| 19 April 1886 - 22 November 1886 | Commanded by Captain Charles George Fane, guard ship, Southampton | ||
| (1992) | , Sheerness, flagship of Vice-Admiral Charles Thomas Curme | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Tu 2 March 1880 | The following Information respecting the movements of Her Majesty’s ships is supplied by the Admiralty The Raleigh arrived at Madeira on the 28th of February; all well. The Comus and the Dido arrived at Simon’s Bay on the 29th of February; all well. From Jamaica.— Letters have been received from Commodore Ward up to the 8th of February. The Druid, sailed for Belize and coast of Cuba on the 26th of January. The Flamingo, after visiting the island ports, would join the Admiral on the 1st of March. The Sparrowhawk, after refit, resumed surveying duties on the 31st of January. The Plover arrived on the 7th of February from Bermuda. From Trinidad.— Letters have been received from Vice-Admiral Sir F.L. M’Clintock; arrived in the Northampton on the 7th of February, having left Barbados, with the Tourmaline in company on the 5th of February; would leave on the 13th of February for Grenada, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, and Antigua. | ||
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