HMS Colossus (1848)

Colossus, with the Gun-Boat Flotilla, leaving the Motherbank for Portland
History
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	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 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.