HMS Thetis (1890)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Thetis.

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Career (UK)
Name:	HMS Apollo
Launched:	13 December 1890
Fate:	Deliberately sunk in the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918
General characteristics
Class and type:	Apollo-class 2nd class protected cruiser
Displacement:	3,400 tons
Length:	314 feet (95.7 m)
Beam:	43 feet (13.1 m)
Draught:	17.5 feet (5.3 m)
Propulsion:	Twin triple-expansion coal-fired steam engines, 7,000 indicated hp (5 MW), twin screws
Speed:	18.5 knots (34 km/h) maximum
Complement:	273 to 300 (Officers and Men)
Armament:	As built: 2 × QF 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns 6 (later 4) × QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns 8 × 6 pounder (3 kg) Hotchkiss 1 × 3 pounder Vickers 4 × Maxim machine guns 4 × 14 inch Torpedo Tubes 100 mines Converted pre-1914 to a lightly armed minelayer.
Armour:	1.3 to 2 in (33 to 51 mm) deck, no belt

HMS Thetis was an Apollo-class 2nd class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched on 13 December 1890. The latter half of her career was spent as a mine-layer. Laden with concrete she was deliberately sunk in attempt to block the canal in the Zeebrugge Raid during the First World War, on 23 April 1918.