| Name: | PIQUE |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 30/10/1889 |
| Launched: | 13/12/1890 |
| Completed: | 12/1891 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 644 |
| Dimensions: | 3600disp, 300.0 x 43.0 x 17.4(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x VT3cyl (33.5, 49 & 74 x 39ins), 9000ihp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 18.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 6.0ins, 6 x 1 x 4.7ins, 8 x 1 x 6pdr QF guns; 4 x 1 x 14.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 12/1891 | British Royal Navy |
| 09/05/1911 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Apollo Class |
| 1890: Tender price from Palmers was £163018 | |
| 09/05/1911: Sold to FE Rudge for breaking up |
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Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is courtesy of Keith Tatum
Brassey's illustration of the Apollo class 1897
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 23/03/1892