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FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
UNITED KINGDOM
COLOSSUS 3rd rate sailing ships-of-the-line (1803-1808)
Ships
Name |
No | Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colossus | Deptford DYd | 5.1799 | 23.4.1803 | 20.6.1803 | BU 2.1826 | ||
| Warspite | Chatham DYd | 3.12.1805 | 16.11.1807 | 8.6.1808 | frigate 9.1841, Marine Society TS 5.1862 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 1881bm |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 54.9 gundeck |
| Breadth, m | 14.9 |
| Draught, m | 6.40 hold depth |
| No of shafts | |
| Machinery | sails |
| Power, h. p. | |
| Max speed, kts | |
| Fuel, t | |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | 28 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr SBML, 10 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades, 36 x 1 - 148/18 24pdr SBML, 2 x 1 - 148/8 24pdr SBML carronades, 6 x 1 - 139/8 18pdr carronades |
| Complement | 590 |
Project history
74-guns two-deckers. Designed by Sir John Henslow.
Modernizations
1815, Colossus: - 30 x 1 - 148/18 24pdr SBML; + 30 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML
9/1841, Warspite: as 3rd rate 50-gun frigate: 54.9x15.1x4.14m, 1885bm; 6 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 65cwt SBML, 22 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 22 x 1 - 161/16 32pdr 45cwt
Naval service
No significant events.
