HMS Colossus (1848)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Colossus.
History
UK
Name: HMS Colossus
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down: October 1843
Launched: 1 June 1848
Fate: Sold, 1867
General characteristics [1]
Class & type: Vanguard-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 2590 bm
Length: 190 ft (58 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 56 ft 9 in (17.30 m)
Depth of hold: 22 ft 6 in (6.86 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

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.[1]

Colossus was fitted with screw propulsion in 1864, and was sold out of the navy in 1867.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 191.

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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