=============+=============+=================+============+========== Name. | Built by | Engines by | Laid down. |Completed. -------------+-------------+-----------------+------------+---------- _Canopus_ | Portsmouth | Greenock | Jan. ’97 | 1900 _Goliath_ | Chatham | Penn | Jan. ’97 | 1900 _Albion_ | Thames I.W. | Maudslay | Dec. ’96 | 1902 _Ocean_ | Devonport | Hawthorn Leslie | Feb. ’97 | 1900 _Glory_ | Laird | Laird | Dec. ’96 | 1901 _Vengeance_ | Vickers | Vickers | Aug. ’97 | 1901 =============+=============+=================+============+========== The cruisers of the following year were eight cruisers of the much discussed _Diadem_ class, small editions of the _Powerful_ (11,000 tons), and carrying a pair of 6-inch guns in place of the 9.2’s of the _Powerfuls_. For the first four (the _Diadem_, _Andromeda_, _Europa_, and _Niobe_) a speed of 20.5 knots only was provided, but in the late four (the _Argonaut_, _Ariadne_, _Amphitrite_, and _Spartiate_) the horse-power was increased to 18,000, in order to provide twenty-one knots. At the present time (1912) these ships have for all practical purposes already passed from the effective list, all the weak points of the _Powerfuls_ being exaggerated in them. In the Estimates for the years 1895 to 1898, provision was made also for eleven small third-class cruisers of the “P” class of 2135 tons and twenty knot speed. The armament consisted of eight 4-inch guns. On trials most of them did well, but in a very short time their speeds fell off, and at the present time, such of them as remain on the active list are slower than the far older cruisers of the _Apollo_ class. In the Estimates for 1897–98, in addition to the _Vengeance_, already mentioned, three improved copies of the _Majestic_ were provided. These ships were:-- ===============+============+============+=========== Name. | Laid down. | Built at. | Engines by. ---------------+------------+----------- +----------- _Formidable_ | March, ’98 | Portsmouth | Earle _Irresistible_ | April, ’98 | Chatham | Maudslay _Implacable_ | July, ’98 | Devonport | Laird ===============+============+============+=========== The only difference between them and the _Majestics_ lies in advantage being taken of improvements in gunnery and armour to increase the offensive and defensive items. The absurd 2-inch bow belt of the _Canopus_ was repeated in them, but raised within 2½ft. of the main deck. A 40-calibre 12-inch was mounted, also a 45-calibre 6-inch.