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Colossus (Neptune Class)


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Laid down 8th July 1909
Launched 9th April 1910
Completed N/A
Commissioned August 1911
Fate Decommissioned:
1919
Scrapped:
1925
Builders Scotts, Greenock
United Kingdom
Complement 757
Dimensions
Displacement 19680 tons std
22700 tons max
Dimensions 546' x 85' x 26' 8"
166.4m x 25.9m x 8.2m
Armament
Guns 10 x 12" (5 x 2)
16 x 4" (16 x 1)
Torpedo tubes 3 x 18"
Other weapons N/A
Countermeasures None
Armour Belt : 2.5" - 10"
Deck : 1" - 3"
C.T. : 11" max
Turrets : 4" - 11"
Barbettes : 9" max
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft None
Flightdeck None
Hangar None
Aviation fuel None
Electronics Fit
Radar None
Sonar None
Other N/A
Machinery
Engines 15 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers
4 x Parsons steam turbines
Power output 25000shp
Speed 21kts
Shafts 4
Range 4000NM @ 18kts
Fuel 2900 tons coal
900 tons oil

In 1915, 2 x 3" guns were added. In 1916, 1 torpedo tube was removed. In 1917, 3 of the 4" guns were removed.

Colossus was scrapped according to the Washington Treaty.