| "Similar ships to the Cerberus, built at the same time, have had their boilers taken out [replaced]. Amongst them may be mentioned the turret ships Gorgon, Hotspur, Pallas, Arab, Diamond, Mallard, and others." |
THE WORK AT PORTSMITH DOCKYARD.- ...The Rattlesnake, torpedo gunboat has also arrived from Birkenhead, and the Gorgon from Devonport, the former to complete and the latter to undergo various alterations in her hull.
Hampshire Telegraph & Sussex Telegraph, 25 December 1886"The Cyclops is at Portsmouth, and she is to have a superstructure built similar to that fitted to the Gorgon at Belfast."
Hampshire Telegraph & Sussex Telegraph, 27 August 1887.