HMS Phoebe (1890)

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

HMS Phoebe was a Pearl-class cruiser of the Royal Navy, in service from the early 1890s until 1906.

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)

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