HMS Colossus, Royal Navy 2nd class battleship Finish:Stretched purpurascens

purpurascens

still as the King's Weigh House Chapel

View of Windsor from the River Thames

rather than shaft drive

HMS Colossus, Royal Navy 2nd class battleship Finish:Stretched purpurascensHMS 'Colossus', Royal Navy 2nd class battleship, c1890 c1893. The lead ship of her class, HMS 'Colossus' entered service in 1886. She served with the Mediterranean Fleet until 1893, when she became a Coastguard ship. 'Colossus' later served with the Reserve Fleet and as a tender to the gunnery school HMS 'Excellent' at Portsmouth before was sold and scrapped in 1908. A print from Her Majesty's Navy Including its Deeds and Battles, by Lieut Chas