HMS Phoebe in Hobart, Tasmania in 1903.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Phoebe
BuilderHMNB Devonport
Launched1 July 1890
FateSold in July 1906 for breaking up.
General characteristics
Class and typePearl-class cruiser
Displacement2,575 tons
Length
  • 278 ft (85 m) oa
  • 256 ft (78 m) pp[1]
Beam41 ft (12 m)[1]
Draught15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Installed power7,500 ihp (5,600 kW) on forced draught
Propulsion
  • 2 × 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines
  • 4 × double-ended cylindrical boilers
  • 2 screws[1]
Speed19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement217
Armament
Armour
  • Deck: 1–2 in (25–51 mm)
  • Gunshields: 2 in (51 mm)
  • Conning tower: 3 in (76 mm)

HMS Phoebe was a Pearl-class cruiser of the Royal Navy, in service from the early 1890s until 1906.

Service history

Phoebe was built at the HMNB Devonport and launched on 1 July 1890.[2] She served as part of the Cape and West Africa Station from 1893 until 1897. During this time, she participated in the Benin Expedition.[2] After spending two years in reserve, she left Plymouth for Australia in early March 1901 to commence service on the Australia Station,[3] under Commander (later Captain) Francis Charles Bathurst Addington.[4] She left the Australia Station on 23 December 1905 for England.

Fate

She was paid off and sold in July 1906 to A.Anderson, Copenhagen.[2]

A Pearl-class cruiser from Brassey's Naval Annual, 1897

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Winfield (2004) p. 276
  2. 1 2 3 Bastock 1988, p. 119.
  3. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36398. London. 9 March 1901. p. 12.
  4. ↑ "Naval & military intelligence". The Times. No. 36929. London. 19 November 1902. p. 10.

References

  • Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
  • 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.


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