Pearl-class cruiser

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|Ship image=HMS Tauranga 1902 AWM 300009.jpeg

|Ship caption=HMS Tauranga in Tasmania circa. 1902

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{{Infobox ship class overview

|Name=Pearl

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|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}}

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|Cost=

|Built range=1888–1890

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|In commission range=1890 - 1947

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|Total ships completed=9

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|Total ships retired=9

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{{Infobox ship characteristics

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|Ship class=

|Ship type=Third-class cruiser

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|Ship displacement=2,575 tons

|Ship length=*{{convert|278|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} oa

• {{convert|256|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} pp

|Ship beam={{convert|41|ft|m|abbr=on|1}}

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|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 screwsWinfield (2004) p.276

|Ship speed={{convert|19|kn|abbr=on}}

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|Ship complement=217

|Ship armament=

• 8 × QF 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns
• 8 × QF 3-pounder (47 mm) guns
• 4 × machine guns
• 2 × 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes

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