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Nashville

Ships

No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
PG7	Nashville	7	Newport News	8.1894	19.10.1895	8.1897	Naval Militia TS 4.1909-7/1911, sold 10.1921

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1371
Displacement full, t	1719
Length, m	71.2
Breadth, m	11.6
Draught, m	3.35 mean
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VQE, 2 Yarrow 2-cylinder boilers
Power, h. p.	2530
Max speed, kts	16.3
Fuel, t	coal 395
Endurance, nm(kts)	5500(10)
Armour, mm	gun sponsons: 64
Armament	8 x 1 - 102/40 Mk III/IV/V/VI, 4 x 1 - 57/50 Driggs-Schroeder Mk II/III, 2 x 1 - 37/40 Driggs-Schroeder heavy Mk I
Complement	180

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Project history

Authorized under the Act of 3.3.1893. Distinguished by two tall funnels and two masts. Except in the USA she was usually classed as a sloop.

Ship protection

Nashville had 2 102mm guns forward and two aft on the upper deck, and four in main deck sponsons with 64mm protection.

Modernizations

1910: boilers were replaced by 4 Mosher

1911: - 2 x 1 - 57/50

1914: + 2 x 1 - 57/50 Driggs-Schroeder Mk II/III

1918: Mosher boilers were replaced by 6 Bureau modified Thornycroft boilers.

Naval service

No significant events.