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The second HMS ''Colossus'' was a ''Colossus'' class second-class British battleship, launched in 1882 and commissioned in 1886. She had a displacement of 9,520 tons, and an armament of 4 × 12-inch breechloaders, 5 × 6-inch guns and had a respectable speed of 15.5 knots. She was one of the first, if not the first, modern battleship. She had several features which would be standard for all gun warships up to the Second World War including all steel construction, a main battery of breech loading major caliber guns (ie. 10 inches or greater) mounted in turrets and was propelled only by steam engines instead of a combination of steam and sails - as was common in the mid-19th century. She served in the Mediterranean Fleet, from her commission in 1886 to 1893 when she then became a Coastguard ship. In 1895 she was part of the 1st Reserve Squadron, and later coastguard ship at Holyhead. She was paid off in November 1901 and placed in reserve, her crew transferred to ''the Resolution'' which took over as guardship at Holyhead. Commander R. Nugent was appointed in command of the ship 25 February 1902. In 1904 she was re-commissioned as a tender to ''Excellent''. ''Colossus'' was put up for sale in 1906, finally being broken up in 1908. Her sister-ship ''Edinburgh'' was broken up in 1910. ==References== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Colossus (1882)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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