The ''Marathon''-class cruiser was a class of second class cruiser of the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were foug ...

ordered under the naval programme of 1887. The class was a smaller version of the . Three of the ships, ''Melpomene'', ''Magicienne'' and ''Marathon'', were built for foreign (tropical) service, with a sheath of wood and copper - this added weight and made them slightly slower.

Ships

Boiler trials

By 1901, the

had ordered eight

Dürr boiler A Field-tube boiler (also known as a bayonet tube) is a form of water-tube boiler where the water tubes are single-ended. The tubes are closed at one end, and they contain a concentric inner tube. Flow is thus separated into the colder inner flow ...

s from Germany, to be installed as a trial on board as a substitute for the Belleville boilers then in naval use.

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External links

www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk
{{Marathon class cruisers Cruiser classes Ship classes of the Royal Navy