| Name: | PEGASUS |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 16/05/1896 |
| Launched: | 04/03/1897 |
| Completed: | 31/08/1898 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 718 |
| Dimensions: | 2135disp - 2740disp, 300.0 x 36.5 x 16.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (20.5, 33 & 54 x 27ins), 5000ihp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 18.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 8 x 1 x 4.0ins, 8 x 1 x 3pdr guns, 2 x 1 x 18.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 31/08/1898 | British Royal Navy |
| 20/09/1914 | Sank |
| Comments: | A member of the Pelorus class |
| 20/09/1914: In the early morning PEGASUS was anchored in Zanzibar harbour, now part of Tanzania, having left her battlegroup, which included HYACINTH and ASTRAEA, to attend to boiler and engine problems. The German light cruiser SMS KONIGSBERG launched a surprise attack on the ship. Out-ranged and out-gunned, PEGASUS was incapacitated within eight minutes and the captain, Commander Ingles, struck the colours to avoid further bloodshed. The ship sank later that day with the loss of 38 killed and 55 wounded. |
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