Pioneer 1896
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Pandora | Portsmouth DYd | 3/1/1898 | 17/1/1900 | 11/1901 | sold for BU 7/1913 | |
| Pelorus | Sheerness DYd | 5/1895 | 15/12/1896 | 3/1897 | depot ship 1916 | |
| Pegasus | Palmers, Jarrow | 16/5/1896 | 4/3/1897 | 8/1898 | sunk 20/9/1914 | |
| Perseus | Earle, Hull | 25/5/1896 | 15/7/1897 | 3/1901 | sold 1914 | |
| Pactolus | Armstrong, Elswick | 5/1896 | 21/12/1896 | 9/1898 | submarine depot ship 9/1912 | |
| Pioneer (12/1912 - RAN) | Chatham DYd | 16/12/1897 | 28/6/1899 | 11/1900 | hulk 1924 | |
| Pomone | Sheerness DYd | 21/12/1896 | 25/11/1897 | 5/1899 | training hulk 1/1910 | |
| Prometheus | Earle, Hull | 20/10/1898 | 6/1899 | sold for BU 5/1914 | ||
| Proserpine | Sheerness DYd | 3/1896 | 5/12/1896 | 1899 | sold for BU 11/1919 | |
| Psyche (7/1915 - RAN) | Devonport DYd | 11/1897 | 19/7/1898 | 1900 | sold for BU 6/1922 | |
| Pyramus | Palmers, Jarrow | 15/5/1896 | 15/5/1897 | 1900 | sold for BU 1/1920 |
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Displacement normal, t |
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Displacement full, t |
2135 - 2200 |
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Length, m |
91.4 pp 95.6 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.1 |
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Draught, m |
4.88 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Pandora, Perseus, Pioneer, Prometheus, Proserpine, Psyche: 3-cyl. VTE, 16 Thornycroft boilers Pelorus: 3-cyl. VTE, 16 Normand boilers Pegasus, Pyramus: 3-cyl. VTE, 16 Reed boilers Pactolus, Pomone: 3-cyl. VTE, 16 Blechynden boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
7000 |
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Max speed, kn |
20 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 500 |
| Armour, mm |
deck: 51 - 38, gun shields: 6, CT: 76 |
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Armament |
8 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk I, 8 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 3 õ 1 - 7.7/94, 2 - 450 TT (beam) |
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Complement |
224 |
Ship project history: slightly smaller and lighter variant of Pearl class with more powerful machinery.
Protection: Main deck has 38-32mm flat part and 51-44mm slopes. Thicker part was over machinery.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Pegasus sunk in action with German cruiser Königsberg at Zanzibar.
Pyramus 1900
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