Apollo-class cruiser

	HMS Spartan, pictured in Norwegian waters in 1904
Class overview
Name	Apollo class
Operators	Royal Navy; Royal Canadian Navy;
Preceded by	Pearl class
Succeeded by	Astraea class
Built	1889–1892
In commission	1889–1931
Completed	21
Lost	6
Scrapped	15
General characteristics
Type	Protected cruiser
Displacement	3,600 long tons (3,700 t)
Length	314 ft (96 m)
Beam	43 ft 6 in (13.26 m)
Draught	17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
Speed	19.75 knots (36.58 km/h; 22.73 mph)
Complement	273 to 300
Armament	2 × 6-inch (152 mm) QF guns; 6 × QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns; 8 × 6-pounder guns; 2 to 4 × 14 in (360 mm) torpedo tubes;

The Apollo class were second-class protected cruisers designed by Sir William White and built for the Royal Navy in the late 19th century. Twenty-one ships of this class were built, making it the largest single class of steel cruisers ever built for the Royal Navy to the same design.

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