| Laid down | 23rd April 1885 |
| Launched | 3rd August 1886 |
| Completed | June 1888 |
| Commissioned | N/A |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping: 11th July 1905 |
| Builders | Palmers, Jarrow United Kingdom |
| Complement | 484 |
| Dimensions | |
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| Displacement | 5600 tons max |
| Dimensions | 300' x 56' |
| Draught | 22' 6" |
| Armament | |
| Main guns | 2 x 9.2" breech loaders (2 x 1) |
| Secondary guns | 10 x 6" breech loaders (10 x 1) |
| Torpedo tubes | 6 x 18" 1 bow, 1 stern, 4 beam |
| Other weapons | 6 x 6pdr 10 x 3pdr |
| Countermeasures | None |
| Armour | Belt: 10" Deck: 2" - 3" Bulkheads: 16" C.T.: 12" |
| 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 | 4 x boilers 2 x 3 cyl. triple expansion |
| Power output | 5500ihp natural draught 8500ihp forced draught |
| Speed | 17kts natural draught 18kts forced draught |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Range | 8000NM @ 10kts |
| Fuel | 900 tons coal |
Orlando was assigned to the Australia station between 1888 and 1893. In 1899 she was assigned to the China station.
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