HMS Terrible (1895)

HMS Terrible was a ship of the Powerful-class of protected cruiser in the Royal Navy.

Terrible 1898 Trials

 * 60 hours at 1/5 power (20 boilers) 5084 ihp = 12.8 kn
 * 68 hours at 2/5 power 10246 ihp = 17 kn
 * 60 hours at 3/5 power 15554 ihp = 19.6 kn
 * 60 hours at 3/4 power 18515 ihp = 20.3 kn
 * 8 hours (22,000 ihp nominal) = 23053 ihp = 20.7 kn
 * 4 hours at full power = 25513 ihp = 21.9 kn

Career
She was built by J.& G. Thomson 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, 12500 ihp = 18 kn average. Gibraltar to Malta, average 21.5 kn.