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{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=HMS Tauranga 1902 AWM 300009.jpeg
|Ship caption=HMS ''Tauranga'' in Tasmania circa. 1902
}}
{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name=''Pearl''
|Builders=
|Operators=*{{navy|United Kingdom}}
*{{navy|Australia}}
*{{navy|New Zealand}}
|Class before=
*{{sclass|Barham|cruiser|4}}
*{{sclass|Marathon|cruiser|4}}
|Class after={{sclass|Apollo|cruiser|4}}
|Subclasses=
|Cost=
|Built range=1888–1890
|In service range= 
|In commission range=1890 - 1947
|Total ships building= 
|Total ships planned=
|Total ships completed=9
|Total ships cancelled=
|Total ships active=
|Total ships laid up=
|Total ships lost=
|Total ships retired=9
|Total ships preserved=
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
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|Header caption= 
|Ship class=
|Ship type=Third-class [[cruiser]]
|Ship tonnage=
|Ship displacement=2,575 tons
|Ship length=*{{convert|278|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} [[Length overall|oa]]
*{{convert|256|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} [[Length between perpendiculars|pp]]<ref name=RW/>
|Ship beam={{convert|41|ft|m|abbr=on|1}}<ref name=RW/>
|Ship height=
|Ship draught={{convert|15|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship power=7,500 ihp on forced draught
|Ship propulsion=*2 × 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines
*4 × double-ended cylindrical boilers
*2 screws<ref name=RW>Winfield (2004) p.276</ref>
|Ship speed={{convert|19|kn|abbr=on}}
|Ship range=
|Ship endurance=
|Ship complement=217
|Ship armament=
*8 × [[QF 4.7 inch Mk I - IV naval gun|QF 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns]]
*8 × [[QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss|QF 3-pounder (47 mm) guns]]
*4 × machine guns
*2 × 14-inch (356 mm) [[torpedo tube]]s
|Ship armour=
|Ship notes=
}}
|}
The '''''Pearl''-class cruiser''', also called Pallas-class, was a third-class protected [[cruiser]] designed by [[William Henry White|Sir William White]] for the Royal Navy. Nine ships were built to this design, five of which were paid for by [[Australia]] under the terms of the Imperial Defence Act of 1887 to serve in Australian waters.

==Design==
''Pearl''-class ships displaced 2,575&nbsp;tons and were capable of {{convert|19|kn|km/h|1}}.
[[File:HMS Pallas 1901 0263.jpg|thumb|HMS Pallas at [[Quebec, Quebec]] in 1901]]
[[File:Pearl class cruiser diagram Brasseys 1897.jpg|thumb|none|{{center|Right elevation, deck plan and hull section as depicted in Brassey's Naval Annual 1897}}]]

==Ships==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width="90"  align="left"|Name
!width="80"  align="left"|Launched
!width="200" align="left"|Fate
|-valign="top"
| {{HMS|Pallas|1890|2}}
| 1890
| Sold for scrap in 1906.
|-valign="top"
| {{HMS|Pandora|1889|2}}
| 1889
| Renamed HMS ''Katoomba''. Sold for scrap in 1906.
|-valign="top"
| {{HMS|Pearl|1890|2}}
| 1890
| Sold for scrap in 1906.
|-valign="top"
| {{HMS|Pelorus|1889|2}}
| 1889
|Renamed HMS ''Mildura''. Sold for scrap in 1906.
|-valign="top"
| {{HMS|Persian|1890|2}}
| 1890
| Renamed HMS ''Wallaroo'' and then HMS ''Wallington''. Changed back to original in 1920 before being sold for scrap.
|-valign="top"
| {{HMS|Philomel|1890|2}}
| 1890
| Transferred to [[New Zealand Navy]] in 1914. Sold on 17 January 1947. Scuttled 6 August 1949.
|-valign="top"
| {{HMS|Phoebe|1890|2}}
| 1890
| Sold for scrap in 1906.
|-valign="top"
| {{HMS|Phoenix|1889|2}}
| 1889
| Renamed HMS ''Tauranga''. Sold for scrap in 1906.
|-valign="top"
| {{HMS|Psyche|1889|2}}
| 1889
| Renamed HMS ''Ringarooma''. Sold for scrap in 1906.
|}
[[File:HMS Pearl Manoeuvres - 1893 RMG PU0314.jpg|thumb|right|HMS ''Pearl'']]

== Citations ==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
*{{winfield}}
*[http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/pearl_class.htm Battleships-cruisers.co.uk: ''Pearl''-class]
*Morris, Douglas (1987), ''Cruisers of the Royal and Commonwealth Navies'', Maritime Books, Liskeard, Cornwall, Great Britain. {{ISBN|0-907771-35-1}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Pearl class cruiser}}

{{Pearl class cruisers}}
{{WWI British ships}}

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[[Category:Ship classes of the Royal Navy]]