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HMS Katoomba

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HMS Katoomba was a Pearl class cruiser built for the Royal Navy by Armstrong Whitworth at Elswick, Tyne and Wear, and launched on 27 August 1889 under the name HMS Pandora. She was renamed Katoomba on 2 April 1890 to serve as flagship of the Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station, arriving in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891. In December 1891 she was damaged in a collision with the tug Yatala at Port Adelaide. She left the Australia Station on 16 January 1906, was sold for 8,500 pounds on 10 July 1906 and was broken up at Morecambe.

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1889 1
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Scrapped 1
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Cruiser 1
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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.

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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.
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1. HMS Katoomba (Wikipedia)
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    built by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear and launched on 27 August 1889
  • Lead, body style
    HMS Katoomba was a Pearl-class cruiser built for the Royal Navy
  • Lead, status
    She was sold for £8500 on 10 July 1906 and broken up at Morecambe.
  • Lead, manufacturer
    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.
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