HMS Venerable was built at Chatham Dockyard, laid down January 1899, completed November 1902, cost £1,159,853. Launched 8th March 1902. Sold for breaking up 4th June 1920.

London Class Battleship. Armament: four 12 inch guns in pairs, twelve 6 inch guns singles, sixteen 12 pdr guns, two 12 pdr guns, six 3 pdr guns, two maxims and four torpedo tubes. Length: 400ft Displacement: 14,500 load and deep load 15,700 tons. Speed: 18 knots. Complement: 750 (789 as flagship). War Servcie:

• 5th Battle Squadron Channel Fleet.
• Attached to Dover Patrol as flag ship and for bombardment duties.
• May-October 1915 Dardanelles.
• October-December 1915 refit at Gibraltar.
• December 1915-December 1916 Adriatic.
• February-March 1918 refitted as depot ship.
• Depot ship for minelaying trawlers.
• 1920 sold for scrapping.