Highflyer-class cruiser

	HMS Highflyer
Class overview
Name	Highflyer
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Pelorus class
Succeeded by	Challenger class
Built	1897–1900
In service	1899–1921
Completed	3
Lost	1
Scrapped	2
General characteristics
Type	Protected cruiser
Displacement	5,600 long tons (5,690 t)
Length	350 ft (106.7 m) (p/p, 372 ft (113.4 m) (o/a)
Beam	54 ft (16.5 m)
Draught	21 ft 6 in (6.6 m)
Installed power	10,000 ihp (7,460 kW); 18 × Belleville boilers;
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × Vertical triple-expansion steam engines;
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	450
Armament	11 × single QF 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns; 9 × single QF 12-pounder 12 cwt (3-inch, 76.2 mm) guns; 6 × single 3-pounder (47 mm) quick firing guns; 2 × single 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Deck: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm); Gun shields: 3 in (76 mm); Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm);

The Highflyer-class cruisers were a group of three second-class protected cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the late 1890s.

Class overview
HMS Highflyer
Name	Highflyer
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Pelorus class
Succeeded by	Challenger class
Built	1897–1900
In service	1899–1921
Completed	3
Lost	1
Scrapped	2
General characteristics
Type	Protected cruiser
Displacement	5,600 long tons (5,690 t)
Length	350 ft (106.7 m) (p/p, 372 ft (113.4 m) (o/a)
Beam	54 ft (16.5 m)
Draught	21 ft 6 in (6.6 m)
Installed power	10,000 ihp (7,460 kW) 18 × Belleville boilers
Propulsion	2 × shafts 2 × Vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	450
Armament	11 × single QF 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns 9 × single QF 12-pounder 12 cwt (3-inch, 76.2 mm) guns 6 × single 3-pounder (47 mm) quick firing guns 2 × single 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Deck: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm) Gun shields: 3 in (76 mm) Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm)