page_title: HMS Proserpine (1896)
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Proserpine (1896)
caption_attribution_description: English: HMS Proserpine 1901, photograph taken during the 1901 royal tour of Canada by Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, taken from the book "The Yankee in Quebec" by Anson Albert Gard.
context_page_description: HMS Proserpine was a Pelorus-class cruiser of the Royal Navy. There were eleven "Third class" protected cruisers in the class, which was designed by Sir William White. While well armed for their size, they were primarily workhorses for the overseas fleet on "police" duties and did not serve with the main battlefleet.
  They displaced 2,135 tons, had a crew complement of 224 men and were armed with eight QF 4 inch guns, eight 3 pounder guns, three machine guns, and two 18 inch torpedo tubes. With reciprocating triple expansion engines and a variety of boilers, the top speed was 20 knots.
context_section_description: HMS Proserpine was a Pelorus-class cruiser of the Royal Navy. There were eleven "Third class" protected cruisers in the class, which was designed by Sir William White. While well armed for their size, they were  primarily workhorses for the overseas fleet on "police" duties and did not serve with the main battlefleet.
  They displaced 2,135 tons, had a crew complement of 224 men and were armed with eight QF 4 inch (102 mm) (25 pounder) guns, eight 3 pounder guns, three machine guns, and two 18 inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes. With reciprocating triple expansion engines and a variety of boilers, the top speed was 20 knots (37 km/h).
caption: HMS Proserpine at Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1901
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