| Specifications |
| General |
| Role: Armored Cruiser Class: Drake Crew: 900 Launched: 21 February 1901 |
| General characteristics |
| Length: 161.4 m | Beam: 22 m | Draught: 8.5m | Displacement: 14100 t (maximum) |
| Propulsion |
| two 4-cylinder triple expansion steam engines, twin screws | 30000 shp (total) |
| Performances |
| Maximum speed: 23kn (43 km/h) | Range: 7000 nautical miles (12964 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Armor |
| belt: 51-152 mm, barbettes & turrets: 152
mm, Conning tower: 305 mm, deck: 25-64 mm |
| Armament |
| 2 x BL 9.2-inch (233.7 mm) guns in single turrets 16 x BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) Mk VII guns in casemates along hull 12 x 12 pounder guns 3 x 3 pounder guns Two 18-in (457mm) submerged torpedo tubes. Director fire control fitted in 1905-1906. |