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HMS Northampton

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HMS 'Northampton'. Sheerness. Children's party, 1878 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011III/77
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277 x 230 mm. HMS Northampton was a Nelson Class armoured cruiser, launched 1876, completed 1878, and sold 1905. She was the Flagship N.A. and W.I. Station until 1886 when she went in for a refit. After refit placed on reserve, but commissioned regularly to take part in manoeuvres until 1894, when she became a boy's training ship.

Dates: 1878 - 1905
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