| Name: | SIRIUS |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 08/1889 |
| Launched: | 27/10/1890 |
| Completed: | 28/10/1891 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 564 |
| Dimensions: | 3600disp, 300.0 x 43.4 x 17.4(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x VT3cyl (33.5, 49 & 74 x 33ins), 5500ihp to 9000hp |
| Engines by: | Maudslay, Sons & Field, Lambeth |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 20.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 6.0ins QF, 6 x 1 x 4.7ins, 8 x 1 x 6pdr guns; |
| 4 x 1 x 14.0ins torpedoes | |
| History: | |
| 28/10/1891 | British Royal Navy |
| 23/04/1918 | Sank |
| Comments: | Member of the Apollo Class |
| 23/04/1918: Expended as a blockship at Ostend |
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Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Brassey's illustration of the Apollo class 1897