These drawings of the British Pelorus class cruisers were displayed on Plate 12 in Brassey's Naval Annual of 1898.
The Pelorus class ships displaced 2,135 tons and had a top speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph). Most served in minor roles on overseas or colonial patrol work, not with the main battlefleets. They carried a complement of 224 and were armed with eight QF 4-inch (25 pounder) guns, eight 3 pounder guns, three machine guns, and two 18-inch (450-mm)torpedo tubes.
They had reciprocating triple expansion steam engines and were equipped with different types of boiler which were trialled in these cruisers. Some had Normand water-tube boilers which could give 7,000 horsepower (5,200 kW) for limited periods of time with forced draught and 5,000 horsepower (3,700 kW) under natural draught.
In an era of naval innovation, the class was almost outdated before they were launched. They were fitted with a variety of different boilers as a trial but most were not particularly satisfactory; so HMS Pandora was scrapped in 1913, HMS Perseus and HMS Prometheus in 1914. They had all been condemned in 1904 but had been reprieved. The remainder were to be scrapped in 1915, but were kept in service through the First World War. HMS Pegasus was sunk in combat in 1914, the rest - except for HMS Pioneer - were scrapped between 1919 and 1922. HMS Pactolus and HMS Pomone had Blechynden boilers which were particularly unreliable, they were removed from active service several years before others in the class.
Rear Admiral Cresswell, the 1st Naval Member of the Australian Naval Board described Psyche and Pyramus in 1914 as "the unspeakably useless P. class."[1]
Referencesedit
^McGibbon, I.C. (1981) Blue-Water Rationale: The Naval Defence of New Zealand 1914–1942, page 15 note 50 (GP Print, Wellington, NZ) ISBN0-477-01072-5
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pelorus, class, cruiser, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, ja. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Pelorus class cruiser news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 HMS Pyramus in 1914Class overview NamePelorus OperatorsRoyal Navy Preceded byArrogant class Succeeded byHighflyer class Built1896 1899 In commission1899 1922 Completed11 Lost1 Scrapped10 General characteristics TypeProtected cruiser Displacement2 135 long tons 2 169 t Length300 ft 91 4 m p p 313 ft 6 in 95 6 m o a Beam36 ft 6 in 11 1 m Draught17 ft 5 2 m Installed power7 000 ihp 5 200 kW Propulsion2 shafts Vertical triple expansion steam engines 16 water tube boilers Speed20 knots 37 km h 23 mph Complement224 Armament8 QF 4 inch 102 mm guns 8 3 pounder 47 mm quick firing guns 2 18 inch 450 mm torpedo tubes ArmourDeck 1 5 2 in 38 51 mm Conning tower 3 in 76 mm Contents 1 Development and design 2 Ships in the class 3 Service 4 References 5 External linksDevelopment and design edit nbsp These drawings of the British Pelorus class cruisers were displayed on Plate 12 in Brassey s Naval Annual of 1898 The Pelorus class ships displaced 2 135 tons and had a top speed of 20 knots 37 km h 23 mph Most served in minor roles on overseas or colonial patrol work not with the main battlefleets They carried a complement of 224 and were armed with eight QF 4 inch 25 pounder guns eight 3 pounder guns three machine guns and two 18 inch 450 mm torpedo tubes They had reciprocating triple expansion steam engines and were equipped with different types of boiler which were trialled in these cruisers Some had Normand water tube boilers which could give 7 000 horsepower 5 200 kW for limited periods of time with forced draught and 5 000 horsepower 3 700 kW under natural draught nbsp HMS Pelorus 1910s nbsp HMAS Pioneer circa 1910 s 1920sShips in the class editName Launched Fate Pactolus 21 December 1896 Sold for scrap on 25 October 1921 Pandora 17 January 1900 Sold for scrap in July 1913 Pegasus 4 March 1897 Sunk 20 September 1914 by SMS Konigsberg Pelorus 15 December 1896 Sold for scrap on 6 May 1920 Perseus 15 July 1897 Sold for scrap on 26 May 1914 Pioneer 28 June 1899 Transferred to Australia on 1 March 1913 although not sold until 1 July 1915 Scuttled on 19 February 1931 Pomone 25 November 1897 Sold for scrap in June 1922 Prometheus 20 October 1898 Sold for scrap on 28 May 1914 Proserpine 5 December 1896 Sold for scrap on 30 November 1919 Psyche 19 July 1898 Sold to Australia 1 July 1915 Sold for scrap in June 1922 Pyramus 15 May 1897 Sold for scrap 21 April 1920Service editIn an era of naval innovation the class was almost outdated before they were launched They were fitted with a variety of different boilers as a trial but most were not particularly satisfactory so HMS Pandora was scrapped in 1913 HMS Perseus and HMS Prometheus in 1914 They had all been condemned in 1904 but had been reprieved The remainder were to be scrapped in 1915 but were kept in service through the First World War HMS Pegasus was sunk in combat in 1914 the rest except for HMS Pioneer were scrapped between 1919 and 1922 HMS Pactolus and HMS Pomone had Blechynden boilers which were particularly unreliable they were removed from active service several years before others in the class Rear Admiral Cresswell the 1st Naval Member of the Australian Naval Board described Psyche and Pyramus in 1914 as the unspeakably useless P class 1 References edit McGibbon I C 1981 Blue Water Rationale The Naval Defence of New Zealand 1914 1942 page 15 note 50 GP Print Wellington NZ ISBN 0 477 01072 5External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pelorus class cruiser Pelorus Class Battleships Cruisers co uk Pelorous Class Third Class Protected Cruisers worldwar1 co uk Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pelorus class cruiser amp oldid 1129724691, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
