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==Service==
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''Powerful'' arrived at Lagos from Gibraltar on 14 August, 1903.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Aug 17, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37161.</ref>
  
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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.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 1/8328}}, p. 4.</ref>
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In mid-1913, she was in Devonport, attached to the training ship ''Impregnable''.{{NLJul13|p. 357}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
*Captain [[Cecil Irby Prowse]], 1 January 1908.<ref>I am inferring the year is 1908, but may be 1909</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hedworth Meux|nick=The Hon. Hedworth Lambton|appt=8 June, 1897{{NLOct98|p. 282}}<ref>Meux Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 774.</ref>|end=8 June, 1900<ref>Meux Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 364.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Startin|nick=James Startin|appt=21 July, 1903<ref>"APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.</ref><ref>Startin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 502.</ref>|end=3 September, 1903<ref>Startin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 502.</ref>|note=for manoeuvres}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick St. George Rich|nick=Frederick St. G. Rich|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>Rich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1102.</ref>|end=26 August, 1905<ref>Rich Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1110.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Lionel Halsey|nick=Lionel Halsey|appt=26 August, 1905<ref>Halsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576543}}  f. 243.</ref>|end=1 January, 1908<ref>Halsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7576543}}  f. 243.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Irby Prowse|nick=Cecil I. Prowse|appt=1 January, 1908<ref>Prowse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 423.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 357}}|end=31 December, 1910<ref>Prowse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 423.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Francis Bruen|nick=Edward F. Bruen|appt=31 December, 1910<ref>Bruen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 418.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 357}}|end=1912<ref>Bruen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 418.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Duncan Johnson|nick=Charles D. Johnson|appt=early 1912<ref>Johnson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 54.</ref>|end=16 March, 1912<ref>Johnson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 54.</ref>|note=voyage to England from Australia}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert John Savill|nick=Herbert J. Savill|appt=1 July, 1913<ref>Savill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 104.</ref>|end=14 May, 1915<ref>Savill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 104.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Henry Fox|nick=Cecil H. Fox|appt=16 May, 1915<ref>Fox Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/320.|D7576554}} f. 320.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 396''o''}}|end=4 July, 1917<ref>Fox Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/320.|D7576554}} f. 320.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Frederic William Dean|nick=Frederic W. Dean|appt=4 July, 1917{{NLAug17|p. 396''n''}}|end=|note=temporary}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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Revision as of 14:26, 23 January 2018

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

Powerful arrived at Lagos from Gibraltar on 14 August, 1903.[5]

In 1910, Powerful was the best gunnery ship of the eight tested of the Australia Station, scoring 55.65 versus the average 35.455.[6]

In mid-1913, she was in Devonport, attached to the training ship Impregnable.[7]

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. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Aug 17, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37161.
  6. The National Archives. ADM 1/8328, p. 4.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 357.
  8. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 282.
  9. Meux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 774.
  10. Meux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 364.
  11. "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
  12. Startin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 502.
  13. Startin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 502.
  14. Rich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1102.
  15. Rich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1110.
  16. Halsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 243.
  17. Halsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 243.
  18. Prowse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 423.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 357.
  20. Prowse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 423.
  21. Bruen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 418.
  22. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 357.
  23. Bruen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 418.
  24. Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 54.
  25. Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 54.
  26. Savill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 104.
  27. Savill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 104.
  28. Fox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 320.
  29. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 396o.
  30. Fox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 320.
  31. 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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