Apollo-class cruiser

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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[1] 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.