Pearl-class cruiser

Class overview
HMS Tauranga in Tasmania circa. 1902
Name:	Pearl
Operators:	Royal Navy Royal Australian Navy Royal New Zealand Navy
Preceded by:	Barham class
Succeeded by:	Apollo class
In commission:	1890 - 1947
Completed:	9
Active:	none
General characteristics
Type:	Third-class cruiser
Displacement:	2,575 tons
Length:	278 ft (84.7 m) oa 256 ft (78.0 m) pp^[1]
Beam:	41 ft (12.5 m)^[1]
Draught:	15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Installed power:	7,500 ihp on forced draught
Propulsion:	2 × 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines 4 × double-ended cylindrical boilers 2 screws^[1]
Speed:	19 kn (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement:	217
Armament:	8 × QF 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns 8 × QF 3-pounder (47 mm) guns 4 × machine guns 2 × 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes

The Pearl-class cruiser was a class of nine third-class cruisers designed by Sir William White, 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).

Right elevation, deck plan and hull section as depicted in Brassey's Naval Annual 1897

Ships

Name	Launched	Fate
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.

References

1 2 3 Winfield (2004) p.276

Winfield, Rif & Lyon, David (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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Pearl-class cruisers

Royal Navy	Pandora / Katoomba Phoenix / Tauranga Pelorus / Mildura Psyche / Ringarooma Persian / Wallaroo / Wallington / Persian Pallas Phoebe Pearl Philomel

Royal New Zealand Navy	Philomel

Preceded by: Barham class Followed by: Apollo class

List of cruisers of the Royal Navy

British naval ship classes of the First World War

Aircraft/Seaplane carriers	Empress^S^V Riviera^S^V Engadine^S^V Ark Royal^S Ben-my-Chree^S^V Campania^S^V Raven II^S^V Anne^S^V Vindex^S^V Manxman^S^V Furious^M Pegasus^S^V Nairana^S^V Argus^S^V Vindictive^S^V

Dreadnought battleships	Dreadnought^S Bellerophon St Vincent Neptune^S Colossus Orion King George V Erin^S Agincourt^S Iron Duke Canada^S Queen Elizabeth Revenge

Pre-dreadnought battleships	Royal Sovereign Majestic Canopus Formidable Duncan King Edward VII Swiftsure Lord Nelson

Battlecruisers	Invincible Indefatigable Lion Queen Mary^S Tiger^S Renown Courageous Admiral^S^C Incomparable^X

Armoured cruisers	Cressy Drake Monmouth Devonshire Duke of Edinburgh Warrior Minotaur

Heavy cruisers	Hawkins

Light cruisers	Town^G Arethusa C^{G, C} Danae^C Emerald^A

Protected cruisers	Apollo Astraea Eclipse Blake Pearl Edgar Powerful Diadem Arrogant Pelorus Highflyer Challenger Topaze

Scout cruisers	Adventure Forward Pathfinder Sentinel Boadicea Blonde Active

Destroyer flotilla leaders	Swift^S Faulknor Marksman Parker Admiralty (or Scott)^C Thornycroft (or Shakespeare)^C

Destroyers	A^G B^G C^G D^G E^G F Cricket^G G H I K L Admiralty M Hawthorn M Thornycroft M Yarrow M Yarrow Later M R^G S^{G, C} Talisman V and W^{G, C}

Monitors	Marshal Ney Abercrombie Lord Clive Humber Gorgon M15 M29 Erebus

Minesweepers	Flower Racecourse Hunt 24^C

Gunboats	Fly Insect

Submarines	A B C D E F G H^C J K L^C M^C R^C Swordfish^S V

A All completed after the war C One or more completed after the war G Grouping of several classes M converted from Courageous class S Single ship of class V Conversions X Cancelled

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