Ships Cover for Pearl class third class protected cruisers.

Ships Cover for the Pearl class third class protected cruisers HMS Katoomba [ex-Pandora] (1889), HMS Mildura [ex-Pelorus] (1889), HMS Pallas (1890), HMS Pearl (1890), HMS Phoebe (1890), HMS Philomel (1890), HMS Ringarooma [ex-Psyche] (1889), HMS Tauranga [ex-Phoenix] (1889) and HMS Wallaroo [ex-Persian] (1890). The documentation mainly comprises trial and equipment performance reports, vessel condition and repair requirements, some details of alterations and refit work, schemes of complement and stability calculations. The earliest papers date from January 1902 in continuation from Cover 143, and the last from May 1916, by which point all had been sold save for Philomel and Wallaroo.

Object Details

ID: ADM/SC/145A
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 409 mm x 271 mm x 101 mm