HMS Terrible (1895)
| 300px HMS Terrible, two years after her launch, at Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Fleet Review in 1897 | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Terrible |
| Builder: | J&G Thompson, Clydebank |
| Laid down: | 1894 |
| Launched: | 27 May 1895 |
| Renamed: | Fisgard III, August 1920 |
| Reclassified: | Training School, August 1920 |
| Fate: | Sold July 1932 |
| General characteristics | |
| 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: |
7000 nm (13000 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) 3000 tons coal |
| Complement: | 894 |
| Armament: |
2 x BL 9.2-inch (233.7 mm) Mk VIII guns 12 x QF 6 in (15.2 cm) guns 16 x 12 pdr guns 12 x 3 pdr guns 4 torpedo tubes |
| Armour: |
2-6 in (3-15 cm) deck 6 in (15.2 cm) barbettes 6 in (15.2 cm) gun shields |
HMS Terrible was a ship of the Powerful-class of armoured cruiser in the Royal Navy.
Terrible 1898 Trials[1]
- 60 hours at 1/5 power (20 boilers) 5084 ihp = 12.8 knots (23.7 km/h)
- 68 hours at 2/5 power 10,246 ihp (7,640 kW) = 17 knots (31 km/h)
- 60 hours at 3/5 power 15,554 ihp (11,599 kW) = 19.6 knots (36.3 km/h)
- 60 hours at 3/4 power 18,515 ihp (13,807 kW) = 20.3 knots (37.6 km/h)
- 8 hours (22,000 ihp nominal) = 23,053 ihp (17,191 kW) = 20.7 knots (38.3 km/h)
- 4 hours at full power = 25,513 ihp (19,025 kW) = 21.9 knots (40.6 km/h)
Career
She was built by J&G Thompson on Clydebank and launched on 27 May 1895. She served with her sister ship, HMS Powerful on the China Station and provided landing parties which fought in the relief of the Siege of Ladysmith in the Second Boer War. Crews from the two ships also took part in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion 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 to Gibraltar, 12,500 ihp (9,300 kW) = 18 knots (33 km/h) average. Gibraltar to Malta, average 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h). [1]
Notes
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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