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Revision as of 15:44, 25 March 2017

H.M.S. Powerful (1895)
Builder: Vickers, Barrow[1]
Laid down: Feb, 1894
Launched: 24 Jul, 1895[2]
Commissioned: 8 Jun, 1897[3]
Sold: 31 Aug, 1929[4]
Fate: Scrapped

Service

In 1910, Powerful was the best gunnery ship of the eight tested of the Australia Station, scoring 55.65 versus the average 35.455.[5]

In mid-1913, she was in Devonport, attached to the training ship Impregnable.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 67.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 67.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 67.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 323.
  5. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 1/8328, p. 4.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 357.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 282.
  8. ↑ Meux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 774.
  9. ↑ Meux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 364.
  10. ↑ Startin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 502.
  11. ↑ Startin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 502.
  12. ↑ Rich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1102.
  13. ↑ Rich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1110.
  14. ↑ Halsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 243.
  15. ↑ Halsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 243.
  16. ↑ Prowse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 423.
  17. ↑ Prowse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 423.
  18. ↑ Bruen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 418.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 357.
  20. ↑ Bruen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 418.
  21. ↑ Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 54.
  22. ↑ Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 54.
  23. ↑ Savill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 104.
  24. ↑ Savill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 104.
  25. ↑ Fox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 320.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 396o.
  27. ↑ Fox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 320.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 396n.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.



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