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Powerful Class




Name Builders Laid down Launched Commissioned
Powerful / Impregnable II V 1894 24th July 1895 8th June 1897
Terrible / Fisgard III T 1894 27th May 1895 24th March 1898


Builders:
T : Thompson, Clydebank, United Kingdom
V : Vickers, Barrow, United Kingdom

Dimensions:
538' x 71' x 27' / 163.98m x 21.64m x 8.22m

Displacement:
14200 tons max

Complement:
894

Armament:
2 x 9.2" guns in single mountings
12 x 6" guns in single mountings
16 x 12pdr guns in single mountings
12 x 3pdr guns in single mountings
4 x 18" torpedo tubes submerged

Aircraft Facilities:
None

Armour:
9.2" Turrets: 6"
6" Casemates : 2" - 6"
C.T.: 12"
Deck: 2" - 6"

Powerplant:
Forty eight Belleville boilers were fitted with two 4 cylinder vertical triple expansion engines providing a total of 25000ihp on two shafts. Maximum speed was 22kts and range at 14kts was 7000NM. Maximum fuel load was 3000 tons coal.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
None

Sonar:
None

Other:
N/A

Miscellaneous: