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HMS Phoebe (1890)

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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Phoebe.
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 typeTemplate:Sclass-
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 an Template:Sclass- cruiser of the Royal Navy, 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] 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. ^ a b c Winfield (2004) p.276
  2. ^ a b c Bastock 1988, p.119.
  3. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36398. London. 9 March 1901. p. 12. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)

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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