HMS Katoomba

	HMS Katoomba in Hobart, Tasmania in 1903.
History
United Kingdom
Name	Pandora
Namesake	Pandora; Katoomba, New South Wales;
Builder	Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear
Laid down	15 August 1888
Launched	27 August 1889
Completed	1 December 1890
Renamed	Katoomba
Fate	Sold for scrap, 10 July 1906
General characteristics
Class and type	Pearl-class cruiser
Displacement	2,575 tons
Length	278 ft (84.7 m) (oa); 265 ft (80.8 m) (pp);
Beam	41 ft (12 m)
Draught	15 ft 6 in (4.7 m)
Installed power	7,500 shp (5,600 kW); 4 × boilers;
Propulsion	2 × screws; 2 × 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement	210
Armament	8 × QF 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns; 8 × 3-pounder guns; 4 × 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Deck: 1–2 inches (25–51 mm); Gun shields: 2 in; Conning tower: 3 inches (76 mm);

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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