HMS BRILLIANT,BUILT BY SHEERNESS DOCKYARD,LAUNCHED 24/6/1891,SUNK AS A BLOCKSHIP 23/4/1918.

H.M.S. Brilliant was a light Apollo class cruiser. In 1906 she joined the Newfoundland Fisheries Service and remained on duty in Newfoundland's waters until 1911. In 1918 she was sunk as a " block ship" at Ostend, Belgium.