HMS Katoomba

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Ship class=Pearl-class cruiser

Ship displacement=2,575 tons

Ship length=*278 ft (85 m) (overall length) 265 ft (81 m) (length between perpendiculars)

Ship beam=41 ft (12 m)

Ship draught=15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)

Ship power=*7,500 shp (5,600 kW) 4 × boilers

Ship propulsion= Two screws powered by 2 × triple-expansion steam engines with three cylinders each

Ship speed=19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)

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Ship complement=210 personnel

Ship armament=*8 × QF 4.7 inch (120 mm) naval guns 8 × QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns 4 × 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes

Ship armour=*Deck: between 1 and 2 inches thick Gun shields: 2 inches Conning tower: 3 inches thick

HMS Katoomba was a constructed for the Royal Navy, initially bearing the name HMS Pandora. The vessel was built by Armstrong Whitworth at their Elswick yard in Tyne and Wear and launched on 27 August 1889. On 2 April 1890, she was renamed Katoomba to serve as the flagship for the Auxiliary Squadron assigned to the Australia Station. The ship reached Sydney alongside the squadron on 5 September 1891. On 29 December of that year, she sustained damage following a collision with the tugboat Yatala while in Port Adelaide. Departing the Australia Station on 16 January 1906, she was subsequently sold for £8,500 on 10 July 1906 and dismantled at Morecambe.

'A Pearl-class cruiser as depicted in Brassey's Naval Annual, 1897'

References

• Bastock, John (1988). Ships on the Australia Station. Frenchs Forest, Australia: Child & Associates. ISBN 0-86777-348-0.
• Brook, Peter (1999). Warships for Export: Armstrong Warships 1867–1927. Gravesend, Kent, UK: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-89-4.
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