COLOSSUS

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Battleship

Nickname

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Ship Class

Colossus (preceeded by Neptune, followed by Orion class)

Grouping

Ist Battle Squadron

Command

Grand Fteet

Builder's Yard

Scotts Greenock

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

08.07.1909

Launch Date

09.04.1910

Completed date

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Commission date

08.08.1911

Year laid down

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Year launched

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Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

Author's collection

Related stories

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Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

Broken up 1928

Jutland result

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Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain Alfred D. P. R. Pound (Flying the Flag of Rear-Admiral Ernest F. A. Gaunt, C.M.G.)

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

755

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

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Wounded

9

Prisoners

9

Displacement full Load (tons)

22,700

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

546'

Length (mtrs)

166.4

Beam (ft)

85'

Beam (mtrs)

25.9

Draught (ft)

23' 3"

Draught (mtrs)

8

Max. Speed (knots)

21

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

Parson direct drive steam, 25,000 shp. on 4 shafts using 18 boilers.

Armour Main Belt

11" 280mm

Deck Armour

4 102mm

Turret Armour IN CM

11 279mm

Conning Tower Armour

11

Barbette Armour

11- 4

Weight of armour

5562

Armour / Displacement Ratio

#REF!

Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

Dreyer Mk 1

Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

12" BL 50 cal / Mk XII 304.8 mm)

No. Primary Turrets

5

Guns (No.barrels)

10

Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

1

Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

4" BL 4 Mk VII (101.6 mm)

Guns (No.barrels) 2

16

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

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Elevation (degrees)

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Gunnery Range (yards)

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Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

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Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

21"

No. tubes

3

Torpedo Type MM

533 mm

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

submerged

References & sources

Tarrant: puts fully loaded displ, weight at 20,225.