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The 11 [[Third Class Cruiser|third class cruisers]] of the '''Pelorus Class''' were completed between 1897 and 1901.
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The eleven [[Third Class Cruiser|third class cruisers]] of the '''''Pelorus'' Class''' were completed between 1897 and 1901.
  
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==Fire Control==
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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 11 vessels
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| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>
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|-
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! align=center | Name
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! align=center | Builder
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! align=center | Laid Down
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! align=center | Launched
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! align=center | Completed
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! align=center | Fate
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-1Pandora}}
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|[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]
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|
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|17 Jan, 1900
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|1901
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|Sold 1913
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Pelorus}}
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|[[Sheerness Royal Dockyard]]
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|May, 1895
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|15 Dec, 1896
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|30 Mar, 1897
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|Sold 6 May, 1920
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-1Pegasus}}
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|[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]], Jarrow
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|May, 1896
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|4 Mar, 1897
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|17 Jan, 1899
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|Sunk 20 Sep, 1914
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-1Perseus}}
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|[[Earle's Shipbuilding]], Hull
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|May, 1896
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|15 Jul, 1897
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|1901
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|Sold 1914
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Pactolus}}
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|[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]], Elswick
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|May, 1896
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|21 Dec, 1896
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|Sep, 1898
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|Sold 1921
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Pioneer}}
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|[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]
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|Dec, 1897
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|28 Jun, 1899
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|1900
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|Sold 1924
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Pomone}}
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|[[Sheerness Royal Dockyard]]
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|21 Dec, 1896
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|25 Nov, 1897
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|May, 1899
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|Sold 25 Oct, 1922
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Prometheus}}
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|[[Earle's Shipbuilding]], Hull
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|
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|20 Oct, 1898
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|
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|Sold 1914
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Proserpine}}
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|[[Sheerness Royal Dockyard]]
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|Mar, 1896
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|5 Dec, 1896
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|1899
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|Sold 30 Nov, 1919
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Psyche}}
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|[[Devonport Royal Dockyard]]
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|Nov, 1897
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|19 Jul, 1898
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|1900
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|Sold Jun, 1922
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Pyramus}}
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|[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]], Jarrow
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|May, 1896
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|15 May, 1897
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|1900
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|Sold 21 Apr, 1920
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|}
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===Rangefinders===
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==Armament==
  
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===Evershed Bearing Indicators===
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===Guns===
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* eight Q.F. 4-inch guns
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* eight Q.F. 3-pdr guns
  
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===Gunnery Control===
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===Torpedoes===
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* two 18-in torpedo tubes
  
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====Control Positions====
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===Other Weapons===
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Prior to [[Small Arms and Edged Weapons (Royal Navy)|reductions in such provisions enacted in mid-1903]], the ships had been allowed 66 cutlasses.{{PQDNO1904|pp. 249-253}}
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====Control Groups====
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===Directors===
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====Main Battery====
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====Secondary Battery====
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===Torpedo Control===
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===Transmitting Stations===
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===Dreyer Table===
 
===Dreyer Table===
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These ships had no fire control tables.<ref>absent from list in ''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref>
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These ships had no fire control tables.{{DreyerH|p. 3}}
  
 
===Fire Control Instruments===
 
===Fire Control Instruments===
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelorus_class_cruiser Wikipedia]
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
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name=Pandora
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laid=May, 1895{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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launch=15 Dec, 1896{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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fate=Sold
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fate2=to Ward, Grays{{DittColl|p. 41}}
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fatedate=6 5 1920{{DittColl|p. 41}}
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}
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{ship
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name=Pegasus
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builder=[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]], Jarrow{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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laid=May, 1896{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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launch=4 Mar, 1897{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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comm=17 Jan, 1899
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fate=Sunk
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fate2=by {{DE-Konigsberg}} at Zanzibar{{DittColl|p. 41}}
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fatedate=20 Sep, 1914{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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}
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{ship
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name=Perseus
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pend=
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builder=[[Earle's Shipbuilding]], Hull{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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order=
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laid=May 96{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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launch=15 7 1897{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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comm=1901{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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fate=Sold
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fatedate=1914{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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}
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{ship
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name=Pactolus
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pend=D.08 (1914)<br>N.08 (Sep 1915)<br>N.77 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|pp. 41, 294}}
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builder=[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]], Elswick{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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order=
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laid=May 96{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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launch=21 12 1896{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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comm=Sep 98{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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fate=Sold
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fate2=
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fatedate=1921{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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}
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name=Pioneer
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builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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laid=Dec 97{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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launch=28 6 1899{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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comm=1900{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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fate=Sold
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fate2=at Sydney{{DittColl|p. 41}}
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fatedate=1924{{DittColl|p. 41}}
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}
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{ship
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name=Pomone
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pend=
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builder=[[Sheerness Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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laid=21 12 96{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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launch=25 11 1897{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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comm=May 99{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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fate=Sold
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fate2=
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fatedate=25 10 1922{{DittColl|pp. 41, 323}}
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}
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{ship
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name=Prometheus
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pend=
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builder=[[Earle's Shipbuilding]], Hull{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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order=
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laid=
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launch=20 10 1898{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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comm=
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fate=Sold
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fatedate=1914{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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}
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{ship
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name=Proserpine
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pend=N.84 (1914)<br>''none'' (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 41}}
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builder=[[Sheerness Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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order=
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laid=Mar 96{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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launch=5 12 1896{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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comm=1899{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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fate=Sold
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fate2=
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fatedate=30 11 19{{DittColl|p. 41}}
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}
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{ship
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name=Psyche
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pend=''N/A''{{DittColl|p. 41}}
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builder=[[Devonport Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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order=
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laid=Nov 97{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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launch=19 7 1898{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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comm=1900{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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fate=Sold
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fate2=at Melbourne{{DittColl|p. 41}}
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fatedate=6 22{{DittColl|p. 41}}
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}
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{ship
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name=Pyramus
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pend=''N/A''{{DittColl|p. 41}}
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builder=[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]], Jarrow{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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order=
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laid=May 96{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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launch=15 5 1897{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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comm=1900{{Conways1860|p. 83}}
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fate=Sold
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fate2=to T. C. Pas, Holland{{DittColl|p. 41}}
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fatedate=21 4 20{{DittColl|p. 41}}
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}
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Latest revision as of 16:28, 6 April 2018

The eleven third class cruisers of the Pelorus Class were completed between 1897 and 1901.

Armament

Guns

  • eight Q.F. 4-inch guns
  • eight Q.F. 3-pdr guns

Torpedoes

  • two 18-in torpedo tubes

Other Weapons

Prior to reductions in such provisions enacted in mid-1903, the ships had been allowed 66 cutlasses.[1]

Dreyer Table

These ships had no fire control tables.[2]

Fire Control Instruments

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Principal Questions Dealt with by the Director of Naval Ordnance, 1904. pp. 249-253.
  2. ↑ Handbook of Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, 1918. p. 3.

Bibliography


Pelorus Class Third Class Protected Cruiser
Pandora Pelorus Pegasus Perseus Pactolus
  Pioneer Pomone Prometheus  
  Proserpine Psyche Pyramus  
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