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| Name | Terrible |
| Builder | J. & G. Thomson, Clydebank |
| Laid down | 21 February 1894 |
| Launched | 27 May 1895 |
| Completed | 24 March 1898 |
| Renamed | Fisgard III, August 1920 |
| Reclassified | Training ship, August 1920 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, July 1932 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Powerful-class protected cruiser |
| Displacement | 14,200 long tons (14,400 t) (normal) |
| Length | 538 ft (164.0 m) (o/a) |
| Beam | 71 ft (21.6 m) |
| Draught | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
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| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
| Range | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 894 (designed); 799 (1916) |
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HMS Terrible was the second and last of the Powerful-class protected cruisers built for the Royal Navy (RN) in the 1890s. She served on the China Station and provided landing parties and guns which participated in the Siege and Relief of Ladysmith in the Second Boer War in South Africa. A few months later she did much the same thing to help suppress the Boxer Rebellion in China. During this time, her captain was Percy Scott, who trained his crew to a high standard in gunnery and had his training methods adopted by the entire Royal Navy.[citation needed]
Upon Terrible's return home in 1902, she was refitted for two years and was then placed in reserve, sporadically being activated to ferry replacements to China, escort a royal tour to India or participate in fleet manoeuvres. The ship served as an accommodation ship from 1909 to 1913. In July 1914, the month before First World War erupted, she was offered for sale. Thus, the offer was withdrawn, and she subsequently made one voyage as a troop transport in 1915 before becoming a depot ship. Terrible was assigned as a training ship in 1918 before being hulked and converted to suit the role two years later. The ship was sold for scrap in July 1932 and demolished several months later.