| Name: | SPARTAN |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 12/1889 |
| Launched: | 25/02/1891 |
| Completed: | 02/1892 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 565 |
| Dimensions: | 3600disp, 300.0 x 43.4 x 17.4(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x VT3cyl (33.5, 49 & 74 x 33ins), 5500ihp to 9000hp |
| Engines by: | Maudslay, Sons & Field, Lambeth |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 20.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 6.0ins QF, 6 x 1 x 4.7ins, 8 x 1 x 6pdr guns; |
| 4 x 1 x 14.0ins torpedoes | |
| History: | |
| 02/1892 | British Royal Navy |
| 1921 | Renamed DEFIANCE II |
| 26/06/1931 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Apollo Class |
| 1907: Tender to DEFIANCE at Devonport |
Above photo courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo courtesy of Photoship
Above photo courtesy of Photoship
Above photo courtesy of Photoship
Brassey's illustration of the Apollo class 1897