HMS Phoebe (1890)

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 and 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.

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.

She was paid off and sold in July 1906 to A.Anderson, Copenhagen.^[2]

• 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.

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