HMS Sirius (1890)

HMS Sirius (IWM Q46044)
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Sirius
Builder	Armstrong, Elswick
Laid down	September 1889
Launched	27 October 1890
Commissioned	1892
Fate	Scuttled as blockship 23 April 1918
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Apollo-class cruiser
Displacement	3,600 long tons (3,700 t)
Length	300 ft (91.4 m) pp 314 ft (95.7 m) oa
Beam	43 ft 8 in (13.31 m)
Draught	18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2-cylinder triple expansion steam engines 5 boilers 7,000 ihp (5,200 kW) (natural draught) 9,000 ihp (6,700 kW) (forced draught)
Speed	19.75 kn (36.58 km/h; 22.73 mph) (forced draught)
Complement	273
Armament	2 × QF 6-inch (152 mm) guns 6 × QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns 8 × 6-pounders 1 × 3-pounder 4 × 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Deck:1.25–2 in (32–51 mm) Conning tower:3 in (76 mm) Gunshields:4.5 in (110 mm)

HMS Sirius was an Apollo-class cruiser of the British Royal Navy which served from 1892 to 1918 in various colonial posts such as the South and West African coastlines and off the British Isles as a hastily converted minelayer during the First World War.