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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image=HMS Tauranga 1902 AWM 300009.jpeg | Ship caption=HMS Tauranga in Tasmania circa. 1902
}}{{Infobox ship class overview | Name=Pearl | Builders= | UK}} | Barham|cruiser|4}} | Apollo|cruiser|4}} | Subclasses= | Cost= | Built range=1888–1890 | In service range= | In commission range=1890 - 1947 | Total ships building= | Total ships planned= | Total ships completed=9 | Total ships cancelled= | Total ships active= | Total ships laid up= | Total ships lost= | Total ships retired=9 | Total ships preserved=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= | Ship type=Third-class cruiser | Ship tonnage= | Ship displacement=2,575 tons | Ship tons burthen= | 278|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} oa- {{convert|256|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} pp[1]
| 41|ft|m|abbr=on|1}}[1] | Ship height= | 15|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship power=7,500 ihp on forced draught | Ship propulsion=*2 × 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines- 4 × double-ended cylindrical boilers
- 2 screws[1]
| 19|kn|abbr=on}} | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship complement=217 | Ship 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
| Ship armour= | Ship notes=
}} | 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. DesignPearl-class ships displaced 2,575 tons and were capable of {{convert|19|kn|km/h|1}}. Ships| Name | Launched | Fate |
|---|
| Pallas|1890|2}} | 1890 | Sold for scrap in 1906. | | Pandora|1889|2}} | 1889 | Renamed HMS Katoomba. Sold for scrap in 1906. | | Pearl|1890|2}} | 1890 | Sold for scrap in 1906. | | Pelorus|1889|2}} | 1889 | Renamed HMS Mildura. Sold for scrap in 1906. | | Persian|1890|2}} | 1890 | Renamed HMS Wallaroo and then HMS Wallington. Changed back to original in 1920 before being sold for scrap. | | Philomel|1890|2}} | 1890 | Transferred to New Zealand Navy in 1914. Sold on 17 January 1947. Scuttled 6 August 1949. | | Phoebe|1890|2}} | 1890 | Sold for scrap in 1906. | | Phoenix|1889|2}} | 1889 | Renamed HMS Tauranga. Sold for scrap in 1906. | | Psyche|1889|2}} | 1889 | Renamed HMS Ringarooma. Sold for scrap in 1906. |
References 1. ^1 2 Winfield (2004) p.276
- {{winfield}}
- Battleships-cruisers.co.uk: Pearl-class
External links{{Commons category|Pearl class cruiser}}{{Pearl class cruisers}}{{WWIBritishShips}} 2 : Cruiser classes|Pearl-class cruisers |