HMS_Phoebe_(1890)

HMS <i>Phoebe</i> (1890)

HMS Phoebe (1890)

Pearl-class cruiser of the Royal Navy launched in 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.

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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

Notes

  1. [1]
    Winfield (2004) p. 276
  2. [2]
    Bastock 1988, p. 119.
  3. [3]
    "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36398. London. 9 March 1901. p. 12.
  4. [4]
    "Naval & military intelligence". The Times. No. 36929. London. 19 November 1902. p. 10.

References

  • 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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