HMS Wallaroo

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Persian.

HMS Wallaroo c. 1902.
History
Name	HMS Persian (1890) HMS Wallaroo (1890–1906, 1920) HMS Wallington (1919–1920)
Builder	Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear
Launched	5 February 1890
Fate	sold in February 1920 for breaking up.
General characteristics
Type	Pearl-class cruiser
Displacement	2,575 tons
Length	278 ft (85 m) oa 256 ft (78 m) pp
Beam	41 ft (12 m)
Draught	15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Installed power	7,500 ihp on forced draught
Propulsion	2 x 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines 4 x double-ended cylindrical boilers 2 screws
Speed	19 knots
Complement	217
Armament	8 x QF 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns 8 x 3-pounder guns 4 x machine guns 2 x 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Deck: 1 - 2 inch Gunshields: 2 inch Conning tower: 3 inch

HMS Wallaroo was an Pearl-class cruiser of the Royal Navy, originally named HMS Persian, built by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear and launched on 5 February 1890.

Renamed on 2 April 1890, as Wallaroo as part of the Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station. She arrived in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891. She was placed into reserve upon arrival until 9 May 1894. She was sent to serve in China during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. On 7 January 1904 while sailing off Montague Island, one of her boilers exploded killing four and wounding three. She left the Australia Station on 11 January 1906.

She was attached to HMS Indus as a training ship for mechanics at Devonport. She became a guard ship at Chatham in November 1914 and was renamed HMS Wallington in March 1919. She was sold in 1920, as Wallaroo to G. Sharpe for breaking up.

A Pearl-class cruiser from Brassey's Naval Annual, 1897

References

• Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
• Gardiner, Robert, ed. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships, 1906-1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985. ISBN 0-87021-907-3.