Pearl-class cruiser
Appearance
![]() HMS Tauranga in Tasmania circa. 1902
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Class overview | |
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Name | Pearl |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Barham class |
Succeeded by | Apollo class |
Built | 1888–1890 |
In commission | 1890 - 1947 |
Completed | 9 |
Retired | 9 |
General characteristics | |
Typ | Third-class cruiser |
Displacement | 2,575 tons |
Length | |
Beam | 41 ft (12.5 m)[1] |
Draught | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) |
Installed power | 7,500 ihp on forced draught |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 19 kn (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Complement | 217 |
Armament |
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The Pearl-class cruiser was a third-class protected cruiser designed by Sir William White for the Royal Navy. Nine ships were built to this design, five of which were paid for by Australia under the terms of the Imperial Defence Act of 1887 to serve in Australian waters.
Design
Pearl-class ships displaced 2,575 tons and were capable of 19 knots (35.2 km/h).
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/HMS_Pallas_1901_0263.jpg/220px-HMS_Pallas_1901_0263.jpg)
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Right elevation, deck plan and hull section as depicted in Brassey's Naval Annual 1897
Ships
Name | Launched | Fate |
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Pallas | 1890 | Sold for scrap in 1906. |
Pandora | 1889 | Renamed HMS Katoomba. Sold for scrap in 1906. |
Pearl | 1890 | Sold for scrap in 1906. |
Pelorus | 1889 | Renamed HMS Mildura. Sold for scrap in 1906. |
Persian | 1890 | Renamed HMS Wallaroo and then HMS Wallington. Changed back to original in 1920 before being sold for scrap. |
Philomel | 1890 | Transferred to New Zealand Navy in 1914. Sold on 17 January 1947. Scuttled 6 August 1949. |
Phoebe | 1890 | Sold for scrap in 1906. |
Phoenix | 1889 | Renamed HMS Tauranga. Sold for scrap in 1906. |
Psyche | 1889 | Renamed HMS Ringarooma. Sold for scrap in 1906. |
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Citations
References
- Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
- Battleships-cruisers.co.uk: Pearl-class
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