HMS Colossus (1803)

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HMS Colossus a 74-gun 3rd rate ship of the line which fought at Trafalgar under Captain James Nicoll Morris, where she helped force the surrender of the Spanish ship Bahamas (74) and the French Swiftsure (74).

Lieutenant William Forster served aboard the Colossus and fought in the battle of Trafalgar. His body was buried in 1805 in Gibraltar.

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