HMS Apollo (1891)
Protected cruiser HMS Apollo | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Apollo |
| Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down | April 1889 |
| Launched | 18 February 1891 |
| Commissioned | 1892 |
| Reclassified | 1909 as a minelayer |
| Fate | Sold for demolition 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Apollo-class cruiser |
| Displacement | 3,400 long tons (3,500 t) |
| Length | 314 ft (95.7 m) |
| Beam | 43 ft (13.1 m) |
| Draught | 17.5 ft (5.3 m) |
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| Speed | 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) |
| Complement | 273 to 300 (Officers and Men) |
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HMS Apollo, the sixth ship of the Royal Navy to be named for the Greek god Apollo, was a second-class Apollo-class protected cruiser launched in 1891 and converted to a minelayer in 1909 along with six of her sisters. They formed a minelaying squadron in 1914–15 during the First World War, although Apollo was disarmed in 1915 and served in secondary roles until sold for breaking up in 1920.