Laid down 15 August 1888 Class and type Pearl-class cruiser Launched 5 February 1890 Displacement 2.336 million kg Builder Armstrong Whitworth | Completed 27 January 1891 Construction started 15 August 1888 Weight 2,616 tons Draft 4.72 m | |
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Name HMS Persian (1890)
HMS Wallaroo (1890–1906, 1920)
HMS Wallington (1919–1920) Fate Sold for scrap, February 1920 Length 278 ft (84.7 m) (oa)
265 ft (80.8 m) (pp) | ||
HMS Wallaroo was a Pearl-class cruiser built for the Royal Navy, originally named HMS Persian, built by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear and launched on 5 February 1890.
Renamed on 2 April 1890, as Wallaroo as part of the Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station. She arrived in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891. She was placed into reserve upon arrival until 9 May 1894. She was sent to serve in China during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. On 7 January 1904 while sailing off Montague Island, one of her boilers exploded killing four and wounding three. She left the Australia Station on 11 January 1906.
She was attached to HMS Indus as a training ship for mechanics at Devonport. She became a guard ship at Chatham in November 1914 and was renamed HMS Wallington in March 1919. She was sold in 1920, as Wallaroo to G. Sharpe for breaking up.