HMS Phoebe (1890)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Phoebe.

HMS Phoebe in Hobart, Tasmania in 1903.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Phoebe
Builder	HMNB Devonport
Launched	1 July 1890
Fate	Sold in July 1906 for breaking up.
General characteristics
Class & type	Pearl-class cruiser
Displacement	2,575 tons
Length	278 ft (85 m) oa 256 ft (78 m) pp [1]
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	2 × 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines 4 × double-ended cylindrical boilers 2 screws [1]
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement	217
Armament	8 × QF 4.7 in (120 mm) guns 8 × 3-pounder guns 4 × machine guns 2 × 14 in (360 mm) torpedo tubes
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. Winfield (2004) p. 276
2. 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
• Lyon, David & Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. Chatham Publishing. ISBN   978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC   52620555.