HMS Brilliant (1891)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Brilliant |
| Builder | Sheerness Dockyard |
| Laid down | 1890 |
| Launched | 24 June 1891 |
| Commissioned | 1893 |
| Honours and awards | ZEEBRUGGE AND OSTEND 1918 |
| Fate | Scuttled as blockship, 23 April 1918 |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Apollo-class cruiser |
| Displacement | 3,600 tons |
| Length | 314 ft (95.7 m) |
| Beam | 43.5 ft (13.3 m) |
| Draught | 17.5 ft (5.3 m) |
| Speed | 19.75 knots (36.58 km/h) |
| Complement | 273 to 300 (Officers and Men) |
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HMS Brilliant was an Apollo-class cruiser of the British Royal Navy which served from 1893 to 1918 in various colonial posts and off the British Isles during the First World War.