HMS POWERFUL

British Royal Navy

Builder: Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness

Laid down: 1894

Launched: 24 July 1895

Renamed: Impregnable, November 1919

Reclassified: Training School, November 1919

Fate: Sold 31 August 1929

General characteristics

Class and type: Powerful-class cruiser

Displacement: 14,200 tons deep load

Length: 500 ft (150 m)

Beam: 71 ft (22 m)

Draught: 27 ft (8.2 m)

Propulsion: 2 shafts

4 cylinder VTE steam engines

48 Bellville type water tube boilers

25,000 hp

Speed: 22 knots (41 km/h)

Range: 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)

Endurance: 3000 tons coal

Complement: 894

Armament: 2 x BL 9.2-inch (233.7 mm) Mk VIII guns

12 x QF 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns

16 x 12-pdr guns

12 x 3-pdr guns

4 torpedo tubes

Armour: 2–6 inches (51–152 mm) deck

6 inches (150 mm) barbettes

6 inches (150 mm) gun shields

Details: Wikipedia

Photo Credits: The late Allan Green collection Victoria Australia