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HMS Colossus, lead ship of the class, painted in 1891, Malta
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Class overview | |
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Builders | Portsmouth Dockyard, Pembroke Dockyard |
Operators | Royal Navy |
Preceded by | Ajax class |
Succeeded by | Admiral class |
In commission | 1882–1910 |
Completed | 2 |
Retired | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 9,420 tons |
Length | 325 ft (99 m) pp |
Beam | 68 ft (21 m) |
Draught | 25 ft 9 in (7.85 m) |
Propulsion | 2-shaft Maudslay engine, 7,488 ihp (5,584 kW) |
Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h) |
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The Colossus-class battleships were British ironclad warships, carrying their main armament in turrets, which served in the Victorian Royal Navy from 1882. They were the first British warships to carry large rifled breech-loading main guns.