{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use British English|date=January 2017}} Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name '''HMS ''Powerful'''''.
'''Ships''' *{{HMS|Powerful|1783}} was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1783 and broken up in 1812. *{{HMS|Powerful|1826}} was an 84-gun second rate launched in 1826. She was used as a target from 1860 and was broken up by 1864. *{{HMS|Powerful|1895}} was a {{sclass|Powerful|cruiser|0}} protected cruiser launched in 1895. She became a training ship in 1919 and was renamed HMS ''Impregnable'', and was sold in 1929. *{{HMS|Powerful|R95}} was a {{sclass|Majestic|aircraft carrier}} laid down in 1943 and launched in 1945. Work was suspended in 1946, but resumed in 1952 and sold to Canada. She was relaunched in 1956 and renamed {{HMCS|Bonaventure}}. She was broken up in 1971.
'''Establishments''' * HMS ''Powerful II'' was a training establishment at Devonport aboard {{HMS|Andromeda|1897|6}} between 1913 and 1919. * HMS ''Powerful III'' was training establishment at Devonport aboard {{HMS|Caroline|1882|6}} between 1913 and 1919.
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