HMS Colossus (1848)

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Name: HMS Colossus
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down: October 1843
Launched: 1 June 1848
Fate: Sold, 1867
General characteristics
Class and type: Vanguard-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 2590 tons (2631.6 tonnes)
Length: 190 ft (58 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 56 ft 9 in (17.3 m)
Depth of hold: 22 ft 6 in (6.9 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

78 guns:

  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 32 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 4 × 18 pdr carronades
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Colossus.

HMS Colossus was a two-deck 80-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 1 June 1848 at Pembroke Dockyard.

Colossus was fitted with screw propulsion in 1864, and was sold out of the navy in 1867.

[edit] References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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