Pelorus-class cruiser
HMS Pyramus in 1914 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Pelorus |
| Operators | Royal Navy |
| Preceded by | Arrogant class |
| Succeeded by | Highflyer class |
| Built | 1896–1899 |
| In commission | 1899–1922 |
| Completed | 11 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Scrapped | 10 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Protected cruiser |
| Displacement | 2,135 long tons (2,169 t) |
| Length | 300 ft (91.4 m) (p/p, 313 ft 6 in (95.6 m) (o/a) |
| Beam | 36 ft 6 in (11.1 m) |
| Draught | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
| Installed power | 7,000 ihp (5,200 kW) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 224 |
| Armament | |
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The Pelorus-class cruiser was a "third-class" protected cruiser designed by Sir William White (Director of Naval Construction 1885 – 1902) for the Royal Navy, based on the earlier Pearl-class cruisers. Eleven ships were ordered to this design in 1893 under the Spencer Programme, and were laid down 1896–1900. The first, HMS Pelorus, was commissioned in 1896.