| Name: | BELLONA |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 1889 |
| Launched: | 29/08/1890 |
| Completed: | 1891 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 290 |
| Dimensions: | 1830disp, 280.0 x 35.0 x 13.25(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (27, 40.5 & 60 x 27ins), 6000hp, 3539ihp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 18.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 6 x 1 x 4.7ins guns, 2 x 14.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 1891 | British Royal Navy |
| 10/07/1906 | Sold |
| Comments: | Member of the Barham Class |
| Speed was much less than expected so restricted to employment as despatch vessel | |
| 1898: Reboilered at Portsmouth |
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 30/08/1890