| Name: | WALLAROO launched as PERSIAN |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 15/08/1888 |
| Launched: | 05/02/1890 |
| Completed: | 31/03/1891 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 544 |
| Dimensions: | 1490grt, 650nrt, 2575disp, 265.0 x 41.0 x 15.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x VT3cyl (30.5, 45 & 68 x 33ins), 7500ihp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, St Peter's, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 19.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 8 x 1 x 4.7ins QF, 8 x 1 x 3pdr guns; 4 x 1 x 14.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 31/03/1891 | British Royal Navy |
| 03/1919 | Renamed WALLINGTON |
| 27/02/1920 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A member of the Pearl or Katoomba Class of cruisers |
| 05/02/1890: Launched as PERSIAN for the British Royal Navy | |
| 02/04/1890: Renamed as WALLAROO for the Australia Station | |
| 07/01/1904: A boiler explosion killed 4 of the crew | |
| 11/01/1906: Left the Australia station and returned to the UK | |
| 11/1914: Became a guard ship at Chatham | |
| 27/02/1920: Broken up by G Sharpe |
Above photo is copyright of Allan C Green
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
WALLAROO firing a broadside. Photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Layout of the Pearl Class Cruisers from Brassey's Naval Annual of 1897