High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Crescent was a first class cruiser of the Edgar class. Crescent, and her sister ship Royal Arthur, were built to a slightly modified design and are sometimes considered a separate class. She was built at Portsmouth and launched on 30 March 1892. As at 11 January 1895 she was leaving Australia under Captain Arbuthnot. She served in the First World War, and was sold on 22 September 1921 for breaking up in Germany.