Pearl-class cruiser

HMS Tauranga in Tasmania circa. 1902
Class overview
Name:	Pearl
Operators:	Royal Navy  Royal Australian Navy  Royal New Zealand Navy
Preceded by:	Barham class
Succeeded by:	Apollo class
In commission:	1890 - 1947
Completed:	9
Active:	none
General characteristics
Type:	Third-class cruiser
Displacement:	2,575 tons
Length:	278 ft (84.7 m) oa 256 ft (78.0 m) pp
Beam:	41 ft (12.5 m)
Draught:	15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Installed power:	7,500 ihp on forced draught
Propulsion:	2 × 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines 4 × double-ended cylindrical boilers 2 screws
Speed:	19 kn (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement:	217
Armament:	8 × QF 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns 8 × QF 3-pounder (47 mm) guns 4 × machine guns 2 × 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes

The Pearl-class cruiser was a class of nine third-class cruisers designed by Sir William White, five of which were paid for by Australia under the terms of the Imperial Defence Act of 1887 to serve in Australian waters.

Pearl-class ships displaced 2,575 tons and were capable of 19 knots (35.2 km/h).