ISBN: | 978-5-5119-0775-8 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Perseus 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.