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
Built	1888–1890
In commission	1890 - 1947
Completed	9
Retired	9
General characteristics
Type	Third-class cruiser
Displacement	2,575 tons
Length	278 ft (84.7 m) oa 256 ft (78.0 m) pp[1]
Beam	41 ft (12.5 m)[1]
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[1]
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 third-class protected cruiser designed by Sir William White for the Royal Navy. Nine ships were built to this design, five of which were paid for by Australia under the terms of the Imperial Defence Act of 1887 to serve in Australian waters.