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She was part of the Channel Fleet until reallocated to the Mediterranean Fleet in early 1909. The outbreak of war in World War One, led to Triumph recommissioning and being deployed to the Far East. She took part in operations off Tsingtao attached to the Japanese Navy. While there, she captured the 4,900 ton German civilian ship Frisia, which was subsequently renamed Huntress.
In early 1915, Triumph assisted in the bombardmanet of the Dardanelles, in preparation for the landings at Gallipoli. While bombarding Gaba Tepe, Triumph was torpedoed and sunk by U-21, the boat that had become the first submarine to torpedo and sink a surface ship, the Pathfinder, in September 1914. Of Triumph's 700 crew, 73 were lost. Another pre-dreadnought, Majestic, was sunk a few days later by the same U-Boat.
See HMS Triumph for other ships of the name.