H.M.S. Powerful (1895): Difference between revisions

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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]

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Captain The Hon. Hedworth Lambton, 8 June, 1897^[7] – 8 June, 1900^[8]
Captain Frederick St. G. Rich, 3 January, 1905^[9]
Captain Lionel Halsey, 26 August, 1905^[10] – 1 January, 1908^[11]
Captain Cecil I. Prowse, 1 January, 1908^[12]
Captain Edward F. Bruen, 31 December, 1910^[13]
Captain Charles D. Johnson, early 1912^[14] – 16 March, 1912^[15] (voyage to England from Australia)
Captain Edmund R. Pears, 10 October, 1913^[16] – 29 June, 1914^[17]

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.

Powerful Class First Class Protected Cruiser

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