HMS Invincible (1869)
Later career and shipwreck
Later career and shipwreck
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She made a trip to China in 1886 to carry out a new crew for *Audacious* before becoming the guardship at [Southampton](/wiki/Southampton "Southampton") until 1893\. Her engines were removed in 1901 when she became a depot ship at [Sheerness](/wiki/Sheerness "Sheerness") for a [destroyer](/wiki/Destroyer "Destroyer") [flotilla](/wiki/Flotilla "Flotilla"). She was renamed HMS *Erebus* in 1904, a name that she bore until 1906, when she was converted into a training ship at [Portsmouth](/wiki/Portsmouth "Portsmouth") for engineering [artificers](/wiki/Armed-forces_artificer "Armed-forces artificer") and was renamed *Fisgard II* (*Audacious* had been renamed *Fisgard* in 1904\).

On 17 September 1914, she sank during a storm off [Portland Bill](/wiki/Portland_Bill "Portland Bill") with the loss of 21 of her crew of 64\. She was being towed from Portsmouth to [Scapa Flow](/wiki/Scapa_Flow "Scapa Flow") where she was to act as a receiving ship for seamen newly mobilised for [World War I](/wiki/World_War_I "World War I"). She now lies upside down with the bottom of the hull about  below sea level.

HMS *Fisgard II* is a Designated vessel under schedule 1 of The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (Designation of Vessels and Controlled Sites) Order 2012\.


What was HMS Audacious' role in Southampton from 1893 to 1901?