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| Name | Impregnable (launched as Howe, 1860) | Explanation | |
| Type | First rate | Type | Three-decker |
| Launched | 7 March 1860 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 260 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | Men | 1000 |
| Builders measure | 4245 tons | ||
| Displacement | 6959 tons | ||
| Guns | 121 | ||
| Fate | 1921 | Last in commission | - |
| Class | Class (as screw) | Victoria | |
| Ships book | ADM 135/248 | ||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| Never fitted for sea. | |||
| 7 March 1860 | Launched at Pembroke Dockyard. | ||
| 3 December 1885 | Renamed Bulwark, boys training ship, Plymouth | ||
| 27 September 1886 | Renamed Impregnable (replacement for Impregnable at Devonport) | ||
| 22 September 1892 - 11 January 1893 | Commanded by Captain William Wiseman, training ship, Plymouth (until he died) | ||
| December 1919 | Renamed Bulwark | ||
| 18 February 1921 | Sold to J.B. Garnham for breaking up. | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Th 13 September 1860 | The following ships and gunboats in the first-class steam reserve could be got ready for the pendant at a short notice:- The Windsor Castle, 100; the Revenge, 91; the Orlando, 60; the Forth, 12; the Seahorse, 12; the Merlin, 6; and the Hyena, the Gleaner, the Nightingale, the Steady, the Spider, the Delight, the Goldfinch, the Charon, and the Lark. The following, in Keyham steam yard, are in a forward state:- The Howe, 121; the Gibraltar, 101; the Brunswick, 80; the Phoebe, 51; the Narcissus, 51; the Jason, 21; and the Desperate, 8. | ||
| Tu 1 January 1861 | The port division of the Channel squadron will probably continue some time at Plymouth. The screw steamship Royal Albert, 121, 850-horse power, is in Hamoaze; Admiral Stopford and Capt. Lacon are both on leave, and so is a large portion of her crew, who were paid down on the 23d ult. Her mainmast, reported to be defective, is stripped, and ready for inspection this week. There is some gossip at Devonport about transferring her crew to the Howe, which carries the same number of guns, but has a superiority of 150 horses in her engines, which are of 1,000-horse power. The masts of the Howe are not yet on board. The crew of the screw steam-frigate Emerald, 51, Capt. Arthur B. Cumming, do not expect to leave Hamoaze before April. The Aboukir, 90, Capt. Douglas Curry, has, it is said, been ashore, and will therefore most likely be docked in Keyham steam-yard. The Conqueror, 101, Capt. Edward S. Sotheby, will be placed in dock on account of the defective condition of her valves. The Donegal, 101, Capt. Henry Broadhead, is also in Hamoaze. When in the Tagus a valuable seaman lost his life. He was one of the ship's corporals, and had been absent on duty by night. When alongside he took two lanterns in each hand, stepped from the boat on to the stage or platform, walked overboard, and was unfortunately drowned. It appears that while the Donegal was at Lisbon her side ladder was drawn up by night. When this is done it is the duty of some one to fasten a rope across the opening left. On the night in question the rope was omitted to be fastened; hence the loss of the life of a valuable petty officer while attending to the service of his ship. | ||
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