&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Imperieuse_as_commissioned.jpg) HMS Imperieuse as commissioned
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Imperieuse |
| Builder | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard |
| Laid down | 10 August 1881 |
| Launched | 18 December 1883 |
| Renamed |
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| Reclassified | Depot ship, February 1905 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 24 September 1913 |
| General characteristics (after masts were removed) | |
| Class and type | Imperieuse-class armoured cruiser |
| Displacement | 8,500 long tons (8,600 t) |
| Length | 315 ft (96 m) |
| Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
| Draught | 25 ft 9 in (7.8 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 compound-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 555 |
| Armament | |
| Armour | Belt: 10 in (254 mm) |
HMS Imperieuse was the lead ship of her class of two armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1880s. She was sold for scrap in 1913.