HMS Wallaroo (1890)

HMS Wallaroo c. 1902.
History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Persian (1890) HMS Wallaroo (1890–1906, 1920) HMS Wallington (1919–1920)
Builder:	Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear
Laid down:	15 August 1888
Launched:	5 February 1890
Completed:	27 January 1891
Fate:	Sold for scrap, February 1920
General characteristics
Class and type:	Pearl-class cruiser
Displacement:	2,575 tons
Length:	278 ft (84.7 m) (oa) 265 ft (80.8 m) (pp)
Beam:	41 ft (12 m)
Draught:	15 ft 6 in (4.7 m)
Installed power:	7,500 shp (5,600 kW) 4 × boilers
Propulsion:	2 × screws; 2 × 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines
Speed:	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement:	210
Armament:	8 × QF 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns 8 × 3-pounder guns 4 × 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour:	Deck: 1–2 inches (25–51 mm) Gun shields: 2 in Conning tower: 3 inches (76 mm)

HMS Wallaroo was a Pearl-class cruiser built for the Royal Navy, originally named HMS Persian, built by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear and launched on 5 February 1890.

Renamed on 2 April 1890, as Wallaroo as part of the Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station. She arrived in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891. She was placed into reserve upon arrival until 9 May 1894. She was sent to serve in China during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. On 7 January 1904 while sailing off Montague Island, one of her boilers exploded killing four and wounding three. She left the Australia Station on 11 January 1906.

She was attached to HMS Indus as a training ship for mechanics at Devonport. She became a guard ship at Chatham in November 1914 and was renamed HMS Wallington in March 1919. She was sold in 1920, as Wallaroo to G. Sharpe for breaking up.

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