HMS POWERFUL (1895)

'HMS ''Powerful''' was a ship of the ''Powerful''-class of armoured cruiser in the Royal Navy.

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Career

She was built by Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness and launched on July 24 1895. She served with her sister ship, HMS ''Terrible'' on the China Station and provided landing parties which fought in the relief of the Siege of Ladysmith in the Second Boer War. Crews from the two ships also took part in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion in China. After 1904 they were laid up as an economy measure. During World War I, they had most of their armament removed and served a troop transports and later accommodation ships.
After the end of the war, ''Powerful'' was renamed ''Impregnable'' in November 1919 and converted to a training ship. After ten years of this, she was sold on August 31 1929 for breaking up.

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