HMS Colossus

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. 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.

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• Three Decks page^@
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1803 HMS Colossus

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ship launching

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Frameless

Richard Henry Nibbs (1816-1893) - The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805 - BHC0555 - Royal Museums Greenwich

HMS 'Imperieuse' and some of the newest types of ships of the British Navy - The Graphic

Warspite (1807), Colossus (1803)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Three Decks page@		Wikidata
commons	image		Richard Henry Nibbs (1816-1893) - The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805 - BHC0555 - Royal Museums Greenwich		Commons
commons	image		HMS 'Imperieuse' and some of the newest types of ships of the British Navy - The Graphic		Commons
commons	image		Warspite (1807), Colossus (1803)		Commons