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The two [[Protected Cruiser|protected cruisers]] of the '''Powerful Class''' were completed in 1897 and 1898. {| border="2" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 0 0 1em 0.5em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;" align="center"; width=100% |- ! width=20%; align= center | Name ! width=20%; align= center | Builder ! width=15%; align= center | Laid Down ! width=15%; align= center | Launched ! width=15%; align= center | Commissioned ! width=15%; align= center | Fate |- valign="top" | [[H.M.S. Powerful (1895)|''Powerful'']] || [[Naval Construction and Armaments Company]], Barrow-in-Furness || 1894 || 24 July, 1895 || 8 June, 1897 || training Ship ''Impregnable'', November, 1919. Sold 31 August, 1929 |- valign="top" | [[H.M.S. Terrible (1895)|''Terrible'']] || [[J. & G. Thomson]], Clydebank || 1894 || 27 May, 1895 || 24 March, 1898 || Sold July, 1932 |} ==Searchlights== In 1907, these ships, along with the later [[Drake Class Cruiser (1901)|''Drake'']], [[Cressy Class Cruiser (1899)|''Cressy'']], [[Monmouth Class Cruiser (1901)|''Monmouth'']] and [[Devonshire Class Cruiser (1903)|''Devonshire'']] classes and battleships of the [[Majestic Class Battleship (1894)|''Majestic'']], [[Canopus Class Battleship (1897)|''Canopus'']], [[London Class Battleship (1899)|''London'']], and [[Duncan Class Battleship (1901)|''Duncan'']] classes, were to land their searchlights from their tops and obtain two additional 24-inch models from their dockyards for placement on the shelter or boat deck.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1907'', p. 35. The location for each ship type was placement stipulated in C.N.2 11884/13066, 13.12.1906</ref> ==Armament== ===Main Battery=== [[File:ARTS1896Plate15.jpg|thumb|400px|9.2-in Electricals<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896'' Plate 15.</ref>]] The 9.2-in gun turrets were trained and their ammunition hoisted by electric motors.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896'', pp. 55-56, Plate 15.</ref> ===Secondary Battery=== ===Torpedoes=== The aft submerged torpedo tubes were angled 45 degrees abaft the beam.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896'', pp. 39-40.</ref> ==Fire Control== ===Rangefinders=== ===Evershed Bearing Indicators=== It is unlikely that this equipment was ever provided.{{INF}} ===Directors=== These ships never received directors for main or secondary batteries.<ref>''Director Firing Handbook, 1917'', pp. 142-3.</ref> ===Gunnery Control=== ===Local Control in Turrets=== ===Transmitting Stations=== ===Dreyer Table=== These ships never received Dreyer tables.<ref>''Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables'', p. 3.</ref> ===Fire Control Instruments=== By 1909, both ships were equipped with [[Siemens Mark I Fire Control Instruments]] for range, orders and deflection.<ref>''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909'', p. 56.</ref> The ''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909'' lists the Mark I equipment for as:<ref>''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909'', p. 59.</ref> * Range: 6 transmitters, 34 receivers * Orders: 6 transmitters, 24 receivers in ''Powerful'' and 20 in ''Terrible'' * Rate: 4 transmitters, 12 receivers * Deflection: 6 transmitters, 34 receivers Additionally, the entire class had the following Siemens equipment:<ref>''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1909'', p. 59.</ref> * Group Switches: 3 * Turret fire gongs: 2 with 1 keys * Fire Gongs: 20 in ''Powerful'', 16 in ''Terrible'', both with 4 keys * Captain's Cease Fire Bells: 20 with 1 key These ships lacked ''Target Visible'' and ''Gun Ready'' signals.<ref>''Handbook for Fire Control Instruments, 1914'', p. 11.</ref> ===Torpedo Control=== ==See Also== {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerful_class_cruiser}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{ARTS1902}} *{{HFCI1909}} *{{HFCI1914}} *{{DirectorFiringH1917}} *{{DreyerTableH1918}} {{refend}} {{Powerful Class (1895)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Powerful}} {{CatClassFirstClassProtectedCruiser|UK}} <!-- data nat=UK cat=FirstClassProtectedCruiser type=first class protected cruiser chain=Major Cruisers {ship name=Powerful pend= builder=Naval Construction and Armaments Company, Barrow order= laid=Feb, 1894 launch=24 Jul, 1895 comm=8 Jun, 1897 fate=Sold fate2=Scrapped fatedate=31 Aug, 1929 } {ship name=Terrible pend= builder= order= laid= launch=1895 comm= fate=Sold fate2= fatedate= } data -->

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