HMS Katoomba

HMS Katoomba was a Pearl-class cruiser built for the Royal Navy, originally named HMS Pandora, built by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear and launched on 27 August 1889. Renamed on 2 April 1890, as Katoomba as the flagship of the Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station. She arrived in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891. She was damaged in a collision with the tug Yatala in Port Adelaide on 29 December 1891. She left the Australia Station on 16 January 1906. She was sold for £8500 on 10 July 1906 and broken up at Morecambe.

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ship launching

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keel laying

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ship completed

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Frameless

Pearl class cruiser diagram Brasseys 1897

Vessel on the Brisbane River near Kangaroo Point, 1890-1893 (7445365286)

Vessels on the Brisbane River, 1890s (7445363492)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
commons	image		Pearl class cruiser diagram Brasseys 1897		Commons
commons	image		Vessel on the Brisbane River near Kangaroo Point, 1890-1893 (7445365286)		Commons
commons	image		Vessels on the Brisbane River, 1890s (7445363492)		Commons