| Laid down | 26th October 1874 |
| Launched | 18th November 1876 |
| Completed | 7th December 1878 |
| Commissioned | N/A |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping: April 1905 |
| Builders | Napier, Glasgow United Kingdom |
| Complement | 560 |
| Dimensions | |
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| Displacement | 7630 tons max |
| Dimensions | 280' x 60' |
| Draught | 24' 10" |
| Armament | |
| Main guns | 4 x 10" muzzle loaders (4 x 1) |
| Secondary guns | 8 x 9" muzzle loaders (8 x 1) |
| Torpedo tubes | As built: None Refitted: 2 |
| Other weapons | As built: 6 x 20pdr Refitted: 6 x 6pdr 8 x 3pdr |
| Countermeasures | None |
| Armour | Belt: 6" - 9" on 10" - 13" wood Deck: 2" - 3" Bulkheads: 6" - 9" C.T.: 9" |
| Aircraft Facilities | |
| Aircraft | None |
| Flightdeck | None |
| Hangar | None |
| Catapults | None |
| Arrestor system | None |
| Aviation fuel | None |
| Electronics Fit | |
| Radar | None |
| Sonar | None |
| ECM | None |
| Other | N/A |
| Machinery | |
| Engines | 10 x oval boilers 2 x Penn 3 cyl. inverted compound |
| Power output | 6075ihp |
| Speed | 13.1kts |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Range | 5000NM @ 10kts 7500NM @ 7kts |
| Fuel | 1150 tons coal |
Northampton was operational on the North America & West Indies station until 1886, when she was refitted. When the refit was completed, she was placed in reserve, but used regularly on manoeuvres until conversion to a training ship in 1894.
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