HMS Apollo (1891)

Protected cruiser HMS Apollo
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Apollo
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	April 1889
Launched	18 February 1891
Commissioned	1892
Reclassified	1909 as a minelayer
Fate	Sold for demolition 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Apollo-class cruiser
Displacement	3,400 long tons (3,500 t)
Length	314 ft (95.7 m)
Beam	43 ft (13.1 m)
Draught	17.5 ft (5.3 m)
Propulsion	2-shaft steam reciprocating engines 5 boilers 7000 ihp (natural draught) 9000 ihp (forced draught)
Speed	20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Complement	273 to 300 (Officers and Men)
Armament	2 × QF 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns 6 × QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns 8 × QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss guns 4 × 5 barrel 0.45 in (11 mm) Nordenfelt machine guns 4 × 14 in (360 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor	Conning tower: 3 in (76 mm) Decks: 2–1.25 in (51–32 mm) Engine hatch: 5 in (130 mm)

HMS Apollo, the sixth ship of the Royal Navy to be named for the Greek god Apollo, was a second-class Apollo-class protected cruiser launched in 1891 and converted to a minelayer in 1909 along with six of her sisters. They formed a minelaying squadron in 1914–15 during the First World War, although Apollo was disarmed in 1915 and served in secondary roles until sold for breaking up in 1920.