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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Triumph'' (1903)|fate2=by {{DE-U21}} off Dardanelles
|comm=Jun, 1904{{Conways1860|p. 39}}
|fatedate=25 May, 1915{{DittColl|p. 31}}
|order=Purchased 3 Dec, 1903{{DittColl|p. 31}}
|name=Triumph
|launch=15 Jan, 1903{{DittColl|p. 31}}
|builder=[[Vickers]]{{DittColl|p. 31}}
|laid=26 Feb, 1902{{Conways1860|p. 39}}
|fate=Torpedoed
|pend=''no data''{{DittColl|p. 31}}
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>
'''H.M.S. ''Triumph''''' was originally built for Chile as ''Libertad'', and purchased along with sister {{UK-Swiftsure}} on 3 December, 1903.{{DittColl|p. 31}}  As a consequence, she did not resemble contemporary British ships.

==Service==
Recommissioned at Sheerness on 11 April, 1913.{{NLJul13|p. 387}}

Recommissioned 28 August 1913 with Captain [[Philip Streatfeild]].{{NLApr14|p. 385}}

''Triumph'' served in China until 1915 and then moved to the Mediterranean.{{DittColl|p. 31}}

===Loss===
''Triumph'' was torpedoed through her deployed anti-torpedo netting,{{DittColl|p. 31}} and despite being underway in a circle.{{HardLying|p. 78}}  {{UK-Chelmer}} removed nearly her entire crew in twenty minutes alongside.{{HardLying|p. 78}}

==Alterations==
In 1913 it was approved that ''Triumph'' receive a [[Mark III Dumaresq]], Pattern 760.  Having been supplied with the Mark III variant, she was to surrender a Mark I instrument.<ref>Admiralty Weekly Orders.  "283.&mdash;Instruments, Rate of Change, Dumaresq, Mark III, Pattern 760&mdash;Supply of, to certain Ships."  N.S. 2066/13.&mdash;6.6.1913.  {{TNA|ADM 182/4.}}</ref>

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Triumph''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Triumph|f=p}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Burney, First Baronet|nick=Cecil Burney|appt=11 June, 1904<ref>Burney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 180.</ref>|end=4 May, 1905<ref>Burney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 84/180.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederic Edward Errington Brock|nick=Frederic E. E. Brock|appt=22 May, 1905<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 220.</ref>4 December, 1906<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|D7590035}} f. 220.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Bowles Farquhar|nick=Richard B. Farquhar|appt=4 December, 1906<ref>Farquhar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 446.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmund Radcliffe Pears|nick=Edmund R. Pears|appt=12 November, 1907<ref>Pears Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 86.</ref>|end=29 March, 1909<ref>Pears Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 86.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Christopher Pakenham|nick=William C. Pakenham|appt=29 March, 1909<ref>Pakenham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 13.</ref>|end=25 December, 1909<ref>Pakenham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 13.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis George Eyre|nick=Francis G. Eyre|appt=25 December, 1909<ref>Eyre Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 140.</ref>|end=12 January, 1911<ref>Eyre Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 140.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur William Waymouth|nick=Arthur W. Waymouth|appt=12 January, 1911<ref>Waymouth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 164.</ref>|end=18 March, 1912<ref>Waymouth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 164.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Joseph Ridgway Bridson|nick=Joseph R. Bridson|appt=18 March, 1912<ref>Bridson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 273.</ref>|end=10 May, 1912<ref>Bridson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 273.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric John Arthur Fullerton|nick=Eric J. A. Fullerton|appt=11 May, 1912<ref>Fullerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 518.</ref>|end=11 October, 1912<ref>Fullerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 518.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Francis Lacon Watson|nick=Cecil F. L. Watson|appt=April, 1913<ref>Watson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 367.</ref>|end=27 August, 1913<ref>Watson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 367.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Philip Streatfeild|nick=Philip Streatfeild|appt=28 August, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 385}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice|nick=Maurice S. FitzMaurice|appt=5 August, 1914{{NLDec14|p. 386}}|end=25 May, 1915{{UKNavalOpsII|pp. 196-200}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=in command at time of her loss}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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==See Also==
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{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Triumph_(1903)}}
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==Footnotes==
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