HMS Phoebe (1890)
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| Name | HMS Phoebe |
| Builder | HMNB Devonport |
| Launched | 1 July 1890 |
| Fate | Sold in July 1906 for breaking up. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Pearl-class cruiser |
| Displacement | 2,575 tons |
| Length | |
| 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 |
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| Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Complement | 217 |
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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.
