HMS Phoebe (1890)
Appearance
History | |
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Name | HMS Phoebe |
Builder | HMNB Devonport |
Launched | 1 July 1890 |
Fate | Sold in July 1906 for breaking up. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Pearl-class cruiser |
Displacement | 2,575 tons |
Length | |
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 |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Complement | 217 |
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Armour |
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HMS Phoebe was a Pearl-class cruiser of the Royal Navy, in service from the early 1890s until 1906.
Service history
[edit]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
[edit]She was paid off and sold in July 1906 to A.Anderson, Copenhagen.[2]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- 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.