HMS Sappho was an Apollo-class cruiser of the British Royal Navy which served from 1892 to 1918 in various colonial posts as well as around Britain.
HMS Sappho (1891)
The Apollo class were second-class protected cruisers designed by Sir William White and built for the Royal Navy in the late 19th century. Twenty-one ships of this class were built, making it the largest single class of steel cruisers ever built for the Royal Navy to the same design.
HMS Spartan, pictured in Norwegian waters in 1904
Right elevation and deck plan as depicted in Brassey's Naval Annual 1897