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HMS Colossus |
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HMS Colossus Laid Down : 6th June 1879 Launched : 21st March 1882 Completed : 31st October 1886 Type : Battleship Class : Colossus Builder : Portsmouth Country : UK Pennants : Fate : Scrapped 6th October 1908. |
| HMS Colossus, Royal Naval battleship with sister ship HMS Edinburgh, launched 1882. Colossus served in the Mediterranean until 1893 and then became a coastguard ship before being placed in reserve in 1901. She then became a tender to HMS Excellent in 1904. In these ships the 12 inch breechloader was adopted and an attempt at what was then a very considerable speed was made. An auxiliary armament of five 6 inch guns were mounted on the superstructure. HMS Colossus was put up for sale by the Royal Navy in 1906 but was not broken up until October 1908. Displacement: 9,420 tons. Length: 325ft. Beam:68ft. Draught: 26' 3". Guns: Four 45 ton BLR, five 6 inch guns. Horse power: 7,500 hp. Speed: 15.5 knots. |
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  HMS Colossus |   HMS Colossus. |
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21st March 1882 - Launched 13th April 1886 - Commissioned 1890 - Mediterranean and Red Sea Fleet 15th January 1890 - At Gibraltar 27th January 1890 - Capt. Hugo L. Pearson in Command 5th February 1890 - Sailed Gobraltar for Malta 5th February 1890 - Capt. Hugo L. Pearson in Command 7th February 1890 - At Gibraltar 14th February 1890 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta to pay off 8th August 1890 - Arrived Salonica 16th August 1890 - Sailed Salonika for Lemnos 1891 - Mediterranean and Red Sea Fleet 14th February 1891 - Arrived Malta 9th March 1891 - Arrived Piraeus 13th March 1891 - Sailed Piraeus for Smyrna 19th May 1891 - Sailed Malta for summer Cruise 25th May 1891 - Sailed Malta for Corfu 7th July 1891 - Arrived Navarino 4th August 1891 - Arrived Alexandria 4th August 1891 - Arrived Alexandria 10th August 1891 - Arrived Alexandria 14th August 1891 - Sailed Alexandria for Lemnos 14th August 1891 - Sailed Alexandria for Lemnos 17th August 1891 - Arrived Lemnos 24th August 1891 - Sailed Lemnos for Thaso 25th August 1891 - Arrived Thaso 3rd September 1891 - Sailed Thaso for Mitylene 17th September 1891 - Arrived Marmarice 1892 - Mediterranean and Red Sea Fleet 15th March 1892 - Arrived Alexandria 14th April 1892 - Arrived Malta from Alexandria 31st May 1892 - Sailed Malta for Nauplia and summer cruise 4th June 1892 - Arrived Nauplia 8th December 1892 - At Malta 1893 - Mediterranean and Red Sea Fleet 15th November 1893 - Paid off at Portsmouth 4th August 1895 - At Lough Swilley with the Reserve Fleet 16th July 1896 - Sailed Falmouth Roads 18th July 1896 - Arrived Milford Haven 26th June 1897 - Capt. S.A. Johnson in Command 26th June 1897 - Fleet Review celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria 23rd January 1899 - Arrived in Plymouth Sound 2nd July 1900 - Arrived Plymouth from Holyhead 2nd July 1900 - Capt. J.E.C. Goodrich in Command 5th July 1900 - Capt. J.E.C. Goodrich in Command 5th July 1900 - Sailed Plymouth for Torbay 7th July 1900 - Participated in the Summer Fleet Manoeuvres 7th July 1900 - At Torbay 1st March 1901 - Arrived Portland 15th December 1904 - In Portland Roads 6th October 1908 - Sold For Break Up | |||
HMS Colossus Artwork Collection |
 HMS Colossus by W Fred Mitchell (P) |
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