HMS Triumph (1903)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Triumph.

HMS Triumph
History
Chile
NameLibertad
Ordered1901
BuilderVickers, Sons & Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down26 February 1902
Launched15 January 1903
RenamedTriumph
FateSold to the United Kingdom, 3 December 1903
United Kingdom
NameTriumph
Cost£957,520
CompletedJune 1904
Acquired3 December 1903
Commissioned21 June 1904
FateTorpedoed and sunk by U-21, 25 May 1915
General characteristics
Class and typeSwiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement
  • 12,175 long tons (12,370 t) (normal load)
  • 13,840 long tons (14,060 t) (deep load)
Length475 ft 3 in (144.9 m) (o/a)
Beam71 ft 1 in (21.7 m)
Draught27 ft 4 in (8.3 m) (deep)
Installed power12,500 ihp (9,300 kW)
Propulsion
Speed19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range6,210 nmi (11,500 km; 7,150 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Crew803 (1914)
Armament
Armour

HMS Triumph, originally known as Libertad, was the second of the two Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy. The ship was ordered by the Chilean Navy, but she was purchased by the United Kingdom as part of ending the Argentine–Chilean naval arms race. Triumph was initially assigned to the Home Fleet and Channel Fleets before being transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1909. The ship briefly rejoined the Home Fleet in 1912 before she was transferred abroad to the China Station in 1913. Triumph participated in the hunt for the German East Asia Squadron of Maximilian Graf von Spee and in the campaign against the German colony at Qingdao, China early in World War I. The ship was transferred to the Mediterranean in early 1915 to participate in the Dardanelles Campaign against the Ottoman Empire. She was torpedoed and sunk off Gaba Tepe by the German submarine U-21 on 25 May 1915.