Edinburgh (Colossus Class)




Laid down 20th March 1879
Launched 18th March 1882
Completed N/A
Commissioned 8th July 1887
Fate Sold for scrapping:
11th October 1910
Scrapped:
At Briton Ferry, Swansea
United Kingdom
Builders HM Dockyard, Pembroke
United Kingdom
Complement 396
Dimensions
Displacement 9150 tons std
9520 tons max
Dimensions 345' x 68'
Draught 26' 6"
Armament
Main guns 4 x 12.5" (2 x 2)
Secondary guns 5 x 6" (5 x 1)
Torpedo tubes 2 x 14"
Other weapons As built:
None
Refitted:
4 x 6pdr (4 x 1)
Countermeasures None
Armour Belt: 14" - 18"
Deck: 3"
Turrets: 14" - 16"
C.T.: 14"
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft None
Flightdeck None
Hangar None
Catapults None
Arrestor system None
Aviation fuel None
Electronics Fit
Radar None
Sonar None
ECM None
Other N/A
Machinery
Engines 10 x tubular 64psi boilers
2 x inverted compound engines
Power output 6800ihp
Speed 14kts
Shafts 2
Range N/A
Fuel 950 tons coal

Last altered : 3rd July 1999

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