HMS Colossus (1803)

	Hull plan for Colossus and Warspite
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Colossus
Ordered	13 January 1798
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	May 1799
Launched	23 April 1803
Honours and; awards	Took part in:; Battle of Trafalgar;
Fate	Broken up, 1826
General characteristics
Class and type	74-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	188847⁄94 (bm)
Length	180 ft (55 m) (gundeck)
Beam	48 ft 10 in (14.88 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	74 guns:; Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs; Upper gundeck: 30 × 24 pdrs; Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs; Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs;

HMS Colossus was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched from Deptford Dockyard on 23 April 1803. She was designed by Sir John Henslow as one of the large class 74s, and was the name ship of her class, the other being Warspite.^[2] As a large 74, she carried 24 pdrs on her upper gun deck, as opposed to the 18 pdrs found on the middling and common class 74s. She took part in the Battle of Trafalgar, and was broken up in 1826.^[1]^[3]

^ ^a ^b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 184.
^ Winfield (2004) p.40
^ Ships of the Old Navy, Colossus.

[Lavery,_SoLv1_p184-1] Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 184.

[2] Winfield (2004) p.40

[SoN,_Colossus-3] Ships of the Old Navy, Colossus.

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History
Hull plan for Colossus and Warspite
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Colossus
Ordered	13 January 1798
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	May 1799
Launched	23 April 1803
Honours and awards	Took part in: Battle of Trafalgar
Fate	Broken up, 1826
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type	74-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	188847⁄94 (bm)
Length	180 ft (55 m) (gundeck)
Beam	48 ft 10 in (14.88 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 30 × 24 pdrs Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Colossus (1803)

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