Name: | PYRAMUS |
Type: | Cruiser |
Keel: | 15/05/1896 |
Launched: | 15/05/1897 |
Completed: | 1900 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 719 |
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: | |
1900 | British Royal Navy |
21/04/1920 | Broken up |
Comments: | A member of the Pelorus class |
21/04/1920: Sold for breaking up in Holland |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is copyright of Allan C Green
Above photo is copyright of Allan C Green
Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 15/05/1897