Four ships of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

 have borne the name HMS Powerful.

Ships was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1783 and broken up in 1812. was an 84-gun second rate launched in 1826. She was used as a target from 1860 and was broken up by 1864. was a protected cruiser

Protected cruiser

The protected cruiser is a type of naval cruiser of the late 19th century, so known because its armoured deck offered protection for vital machine spaces from shrapnel caused by exploding shells above...

 launched in 1895. She became a training ship in 1919 and was renamed HMS Impregnable, and was sold in 1929. was a laid down in 1945. Work was suspended in 1946, but resumed in 1952 and sold to Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. She was launched in 1956 and renamed HMCS Bonaventure. She was broken up in 1971.

Establishments

• HMS Powerful II was a training establishment at Devonport
  HMNB Devonport
  Her Majesty's Naval Base Devonport , is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy . HMNB Devonport is located in Devonport, in the west of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England...
  
   aboard HMS Andromeda
  HMS Andromeda (1897)
  HMS Andromeda was a ship of the Diadem-class of protected cruiser in the Royal Navy. She was built at Pembroke Dockyard and launched on 5 January 1898. In 1913 she was converted to a training ship and renamed Powerful II on 23 September 1913...
  
   between 1913 and 1919.
• HMS Powerful III was training establishment at Devonport aboard HMS Caroline between 1913 and 1919.