Colossus, with the Gun-Boat Flotilla, leaving the Motherbank for Portland
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Colossus |
Ordered | 18 March 1839 |
Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
Laid down | October 1843 |
Launched | 1 June 1848 |
Completed | 3 July 1848 (in ordinary) |
Fate | Sold for scrap, March 1867 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Vanguard-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 2589 63⁄94 bm |
Length | 190 ft (57.9 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 57 ft (17.4 m) |
Draught | 18 ft 10 in (5.7 m) |
Depth of hold | 23 ft 4 in (7.1 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 720 (wartime) |
Armament |
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HMS Colossus was a 80-gun second rate Vanguard-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the 1840s. The ship was fitted with steam propulsion in 1854–1855, and was sold for scrap in 1867.