page_title: HMS Imperieuse (1883)
section_title: Construction and career
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Imperieuse (1883) / Construction and career
caption_attribution_description: English: HMS Imperieuse in Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada.
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: Imperieuse was laid down at Portsmouth Royal Dockyard on 10 August 1881, launched on 18 December 1883, and completed in September 1886. She was the flagship of the China Station from 1889 to 1894 and the Pacific Station from 1896 to 1899. She underwent extensive repairs at Chatham in early 1900.
  Imperieuse was renamed Sapphire II in February 1905 and reclassified as a depot ship for destroyers at Portland. Her name was reverted to Imperieuse in June 1909. She was sold on 24 September 1913 to Thos W Ward of Morecambe for breaking up.
caption: HMS Imperieuse at Vancouver.
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