| Name: | PACTOLUS |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 04/05/1896 |
| Launched: | 21/12/1896 |
| Completed: | 01/1899 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 657 |
| Dimensions: | 2135disp, 300.0 x 36.5 x 16.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x VT3cyl (20.5, 33 & 54 x 27ins), 7000ihp |
| Engines by: | J Penn & Sons, London |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 20.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 8 x 1 x 4.0ins, 8 x 1 x 3pdr guns; 2 x 18.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 01/1899 | British Royal Navy |
| 25/10/1921 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A member of the Pelorus class of protected cruisers |
| This class was used as a test bed for various boiler designs | |
| Withdrawn from active service early in life due to problems with her Blechynden boilers | |
| 1904: Converted to a submarine depot ship | |
| 25/10/1921: Broken up at Stranraer by Multilocular Shipbreaking Co |
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