| Name: | GORGON |
| Type: | Monitor |
| Keel: | 05/09/1870 |
| Launched: | 14/10/1871 |
| Completed: | 19/03/1874 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 270 |
| Dimensions: | 3480disp, 225.0 x 45.0 x 16.3(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x 4cyl, 1579ihp |
| Engines by: | Ravenhill, Hodgson & Co, London |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Armament: | 2 x 2 x 10.0ins guns |
| History: | |
| 19/03/1874 | British Royal Navy |
| 12/05/1903 | Unknown owner |
| Comments: | A member of the Cyclops Class of Breastwork Monitors |
| Cost £141,254 to build | |
| 1903: Sold for £8,400, probably for breaking up |
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Cyclops Class Monitors from Brassey's Naval Annual 1888-1889
Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Monday, 16/10/1871