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COLOSSUS. Battleship. Built by Portsmouth Dockyard. Launched 21st March 1882. Laid down 6th June 1879. Completed 31st Oct 1886. Sold for breakinq up 1908.
Built for Royal Navy. L325'pp, B68', Dr25'9". 9,420tn full load. Two-shaft Maudslay 3-cyl lC, 7,488 ihp 161/2kn. Armament Four 12." BL. Five 6" BL. Four 6-pdr QF. Two 14" TT.
Complement 396.
Sisters EDINBURGH ex MAJESTIC 1882 Ran trials 1883/84 but completion was delayed by late delivery of armament. In Mediterranean until 1893 when she became a coastguard ship at Holyhead. In reserve 1901, tender 10 EXCELLENT 1904. Sold Ocl 6 1908 to Ward, Briton Ferry for breakinq up.

Oman 1978. 10b. NC (LB 8/90-117) T Broadley

The second HMS Colossus was a Colossus class second-class British battleship, launched in 1882 and commissioned in 1886. She had a displacement of 9,520 tons, and an armament of 4×12-inch breechloaders, 5×6-inch guns and had a respectable speed of 15.5 knots. She served in the Mediterranean Fleet, from her commission in 1886 to 1893 when she then became a Coastguard ship.

In 1895 she was part of the 1st Reserve Squadron, and later coastguard ship at Holyhead. She was paid off in November 1901 and placed in Reserve, her crew transferred to the Resolution which took over as guardship at Holyhead. In 1904 she was re-commissioned as a tender to Excellent.

Colossus was put up for sale in 1906, finally being broken up in 1908. Her sister-ship Edinburgh was broken up in 1910.

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