HMS ''Phoebe'' was a

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of the

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, in service from the early 1890s until 1906.

Service history

''Phoebe'' was built at the

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and launched on 1 July 1890.Bastock 1988, p. 119. She served as part of the Cape and West Africa Station from 1893 until 1897. During this time, she participated in the

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. After spending two years in reserve, she left Plymouth for Australia in early March 1901 to commence service on the

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, under Commander (later Captain) Francis Charles Bathurst Addington. She left the Australia Station on 23 December 1905 for England.

Fate

She was paid off and sold in July 1906 to A.Anderson, Copenhagen. Pearl class cruiser diagram Brasseys 1897

Notes

References

*Bastock, John (1988), ''Ships on the Australia Station'', Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. * 1890 ships Pearl-class cruisers Victorian-era cruisers of the United Kingdom {{UK-mil-ship-stub