HMS Phoebe (1890)
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Name: | HMS Phoebe |
Builder: | HMNB Devonport |
Launched: | 1 July 1890 |
Fate: | Sold in July 1906 for breaking up. |
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Class & type: | Pearl-class cruiser |
Displacement: | 2,575 tons |
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Beam: | 41 ft (12 m)[1] |
Draught: | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) |
Installed power: | 7,500 ihp (5,600 kW) on forced draught |
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Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Complement: | 217 |
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HMS Phoebe was an Pearl-class 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]
Notes
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References
- Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
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