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HMS Phoebe (1890)

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Name
  
HMS Phoebe

Class and type
  
Pearl-class cruiser

Launched
  
1 July 1890

Displacement
  
2.336 million kg

Builder
  
HMNB Devonport

Beam
  
41 ft (12 m)

Weight
  
2,616 tons

Draft
  
4.72 m

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Fate
  
Sold in July 1906 for breaking up.

Length
  
278 ft (85 m) oa 256 ft (78 m) pp

HMS Phoebe was an Pearl-class cruiser of the Royal Navy, built at the HMNB Devonport and launched on 1 July 1890. She served as part of the Cape and West Africa Station from 1893 until 1897. During this time she participated in the Benin Expedition. After spending two years in reserve she left Plymouth for Australia in early March 1901 to commence service on the Australia Station. 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.

References

HMS Phoebe (1890) Wikipedia