HMS Terrible was a ship of the Powerful-class

Powerful class cruiser

The Powerful class were first-class protected cruisers built for the British Royal Navy in the 1890s. There were two ships in the Powerful class, the lead ship Powerful and the Terrible.-Design:...

 of protected cruiser

Protected cruiser

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 in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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Terrible 1898 Trials

• 60 hours at 1/5 power (20 boilers) 5084 ihp = 12.8 knots (25.1 km/h)
• 68 hours at 2/5 power 10246 ihp = 17 knots (33.3 km/h)
• 60 hours at 3/5 power 15554 ihp = 19.6 knots (38.4 km/h)
• 60 hours at 3/4 power 18515 ihp = 20.3 knots (39.8 km/h)
• 8 hours (22,000 ihp nominal) = 23053 ihp = 20.7 knots (40.6 km/h)
• 4 hours at full power = 25513 ihp = 21.9 knots (42.9 km/h)

Career

She was built by J.& G. Thomson

John Brown & Company

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 on Clydebank

Clydebank

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 and launched on 27 May 1895. She served with her sister ship, HMS Powerful

HMS Powerful (1895)

HMS Powerful was a ship of the Powerful-class of protected cruiser in the Royal Navy.-Career:She was built by Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness and launched on 24 July 1895 by the Duchess of Devonshire....

 on the China Station and provided landing parties which fought in the relief of the Siege of Ladysmith

Siege of Ladysmith

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 in the Second Boer War

Second Boer War

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. Crews from the two ships also took part in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion

Boxer Rebellion

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 in China. After 1904 they were laid up as an economy measure. During World War I, they had most of their armament removed and served as troop transports and later accommodation ships.

After the end of the war, Terrible was renamed Fisgard III in August 1920 and converted to a training ship. After twelve years of this, she was sold on July 1932 for breaking up.

December 1898 sea trip, Portsmouth

Portsmouth

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 to Gibraltar

Gibraltar

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, 12500 ihp = 18 knots (35.3 km/h) average. Gibraltar

Gibraltar

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 to Malta

Malta

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, average 21.5 knots (42.1 km/h).