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    HMS Colossus was the lead ship of her class of two dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy at the end of the first decade of the 20th century...
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  • named HMS Colossus: HMS Colossus (1787) was a 74-gun Courageux-class third rate ship of the line launched in 1787 and wrecked in 1798. HMS Colossus (1803)...
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    original pair of battleships became the Colossus class and were improved versions of the preceding battleship, HMS Neptune. On 19 November 1908, Rear-Admiral...
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  • stranding. HMS Majestic (1853) was a screw-propelled 80-gun second rate launched in 1853 and broken up in 1868. HMS Majestic was to have been a Colossus-class...
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    were part of the first Naval Programme of 1909–1910 and improved upon the preceding HMS Neptune. The Colossus class retained the same two Parsons steam turbines...
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  • Calcutta in 1909, HMS Fisgard II in 1915, and was sold in 1932. HMS Hercules (1910) was a Colossus-class battleship launched in 1910 and sold for breaking...
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    HMS Hercules was the second and last of the two Colossus-class dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy at the end of the first decade of the 20th...
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  • HMS Edinburgh (1882) was a Colossus-class battleship, built as HMS Majestic, but renamed two days before being launched in 1882. She was sold in 1910. HMS Edinburgh (16)...
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    HMS Warrior was a Colossus-class light aircraft carrier which was ordered in 1942 by the British Royal Navy during World War II. Construction was finished...
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    ISBN 978-0-85177-133-5. OCLC 5834247. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Colossus class battleship (1882). An Animated Technical Study of HMS Colossus...
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    Anglo-German naval arms race and were much larger than their predecessors of the Colossus-class battleship to accommodate larger, more powerful guns and heavier...
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    Centaur-class aircraft carrier HMS Albion Invincible-class aircraft carriers HMS Ark Royal HMS Illustrious Colossus-class aircraft carrier HMS Vengeance Nairana-class...
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  • In 1803 he was appointed to the newly built 74-gun HMS Colossus and afterwards to the 90-gun HMS Barfleur, in which he took part in the Battle of Cape...
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  • Dartmouth in 1905. He was given command of the cruiser HMS Cochrane in 1910 and of the battleship HMS Colossus in 1911. He served in World War I and commanded...
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    experimentation with calibres and layout. The ship Cuniberti envisaged would be a "colossus" of the seas. His main idea was that this ship would carry only one calibre...
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    HMS Edinburgh was an ironclad battleship of the Colossus class which served in the Royal Navy of the Victorian era. She was the sister ship of HMS Colossus...
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    battleships laid down 1907, commissioned 1910 HMS Neptune laid down 1909, commissioned 1911 Mk XII guns were mounted on: Colossus-class battleships laid down 1909...
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    and broken up in Taiwan. Initially laid down as HMS Powerful as part of the second batch of the Colossus class during the Second World War, the vessel's...
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    his flag in HMS Colossus in August 1945, commanding the 11th Aircraft Carrier Squadron (HMS Colossus, HMS Venerable, HMS Vengeance, and HMS Glory). This...
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    1906 to HMS Edgar, in September 1908 to HMS Bacchante, and in May 1910 to HMS King Alfred. He was then promoted Commander, and assigned to HMS Albemarle...
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    The 1942 Design Light Fleet carrier was divided into the original ten Colossus-class ships, followed by the five Majestic-class ships, which had some...
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    1886. He joined the battleship HMS Colossus in April 1886 and was put in charge of the experimental department at HMS Excellent in December 1886 before...
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    Dunkirk in 1940. Tennant subsequently served as captain of the battlecruiser HMS Repulse, when she searched for German capital ships in the Atlantic. He remained...
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    Anglo-German naval arms race and were much larger than their predecessors of the Colossus-class battleship to accommodate larger, more powerful guns and heavier...
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    HMS Bellerophon was the lead ship of her class of three dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She...
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    September – HMS Colossus launched. 12 October – HMS Hercules laid down. 14 October – USS Franklin launched. 15 October – Amagi launched. 18 October – HMS Leviathan...
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  • aircraft carrier operations. Majestic class HMAS Sydney HMAS Melbourne Colossus class HMAS Vengeance HMAS Albatross When the RAN was first founded, it...
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    March 1886, he transferred to the battleship HMS Colossus in June 1886. After attending the torpedo school HMS Vernon, he joined the directing staff there...
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    down 1907 Boadicea-class scout cruisers, laid down 1907 HMS Neptune, laid down 1909 Colossus-class battleships, laid down 1909 Indefatigable-class battlecruisers...
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    HMS Hood was a modified Royal Sovereign-class pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Royal Navy in the early 1890s. She differed from the other ships...
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