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	Colossus Class Battleship - HMS Hercules - SN Guides
		Was one of the six ship strong Majestic class aircraft carriers, she was laid down on the 12th October 1943 and launched on the 22nd September 1945, work on the ship was not completed until she was sold to India in 1957 when she became the INS Vikrant in 1961.
		In the Colussus class the engine rooms were, for the first time, split into three with the two inboard shafts leading into the centre engine room and the outboard shafts to the port and starboard wing engine rooms.
		In 1919 superceded by the newer battleships, and now showing her age, she was reduced to category C reserve at Rosyth and on the 08th November 1921 she made one more voyage to Kiel this time under tow for the German ship-breakers yard.
	www.shipsnostalgia.com /guides/Colossus_Class_Battleship_-_HMS_Hercules (1472 words)

	Colossus class battleship (1910) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Colossus class of two battleships of the British Royal Navy were among the first dreadnoughts following the original Dreadnought.
		Main armament remained the same as the Neptune Class, except the stagger of the wing turrets was reduced to conserve deck space.
		In the Colossus class, this situation was aggravated by the far larger power of the installation served by the funnel.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colossus_class_battleship_%281910%29 (314 words)

	Colossus (comics) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Colossus was born in the Ust-Ordynski Collective farm, near Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union to Nikolai Rasputin and his wife Alexandra Natalya Rasputina.
		Colossus also felt great guilt when his sister Illyana proved to be a mutant as well, and was trapped in the dimension Limbo for several years of her life, emerging to become the heroine Magik.
		Colossus cannot transform a single portion of his body into this armored state, he must either be completely transformed or remain within his normal state.
	www.kiwipedia.com /colossus--comics-.html (845 words)

	HMS Colossus (1910) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Colossus of the British Royal Navy was the nameship of her class of dreadnoughts.
		Although very similar to Neptune she was not part of Neptune's class as Colossus and her sister-ship, Hercules, had greater armour.
		When the war came to a close, Colossus became a training ship until 1920 when, under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty, she was stricken and eventually broken up in 1928.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Colossus_(1910) (198 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (O) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HMS Ocean was a British Colossus Class light fleet aircraft carrier of 13190 tons displacement launched in 1944.
		HMS Ocean is a British aircraft carrier built based on the design of the Invincible Class aircraft carrier with a modified superstructure, after the UK Ministry of Defence issued an invitation to tender in July 1987 for an amphibious helicopter carrier for the Royal Navy.
		She carries a crew of 39 and is armed with a Bofors 40 mm Mk 3 gun; a DES/Oerlikon 30 mm/75 Mk 1 gun and two FN 7.62 mm machine-guns.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /RC.HTM (3901 words)

	HMS Colossus (1882) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The second HMS Colossus was a Colossus class second-class battleship, launched in 1882 and commissioned in 1886.
		She had a displacement of 9,520 tons, and an armament of 4 x 12.5-inch breechloaders, 5 x 6-inch guns and had a respectable speed of 15.5 knots.
		Colossus was put up for sale in 1906, finally being broken up in 1908.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/HMS_Colossus_%281882%29 (158 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (Va-Vh) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Vendemiaire is a French Floreal Class patrol frigate of 2600 tons displacement launched in 1993, and officially described as 'Fregates de Surveillance' and designed to operate in the offshore zone in low intensity operations.
		HMS Venerable was a British Colossus Class light fleet aircraft carrier of 13190 tons displacement launched in 1943.
		The Ventose is a French Floreal Class patrol frigate of 2600 tons displacement launched in 1992, and officially described as 'Fregates de Surveillance' and designed to operate in the offshore zone in low intensity operations.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /RGB.HTM (2945 words)

	Unidentified Ships of the World's navies
		More likely to be London Class as the crow-nest on the masts in the King Edward VII Class were higher.
		Royal Navy battleship with one twin turret with the badge possibly order of St John, likely to be either HMS Colossus or HMS Hercules.
		Battleships pass under the Forth railway bridge, taken from a Royal Navy battleship with two twin gun turrets forward, possibly an Orion, Lion, King George or Iron Duke class.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /unidentified_battleships.htm (1359 words)

	HMS Colossus (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first Colossus was a 74-gun Leviathan Class frigate, launched at Gravesend in 1787.
		The wreck of Colossus was found at a depth of nine metres in 1974, and some artifacts were recovered.
		She was a Colossus second-class battleship, launched in 1882 and commissioned in 1886.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/hms_colossus (352 words)

	HMS Colossus (1910) - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The third HMS Colossus was launched in 1910 and commissioned in 1911.
		Although very similar to Neptune">Neptune, she was not part of the latters class, as she and her sister-ship, Hercules">Hercules, had greater armour.
		When World War I came to a close, Colossus became a training ship until 1920, when under terms of the Washington Naval Treaty, was stricken and eventually broken up in 1928.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=HMS_Colossus_(1910) (160 words)

	Freespace 2 walkthrough - solution
		Also, the Aeolus class has flak turrets, which are inaccurate, but can pose a big threat when you are very close to the cruiser, so either take these turrets out, or try and take the ship out from a long-range.
		Unlike the Orion class, the Hecate class is no easy target when it comes to destroying it with a fighter or bomber due to the large increase in the number of defensive turrets, but every ship has its weaknesses.
		Colossus Class Hull : 1000000 Speed : 25 Turrets: 63 Score : 10000 The Colossus class Battleship has the greatest number of turrets in the entire game, as well as the greatest amount of armour.
	www.the-spoiler.com /ACTION/Volition/freespace.2.2.html (9758 words)

	HMS Colossus (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1795 Colossus was once again part of a large fleet, this time of 25 ships commanded by Admiral Lord Bridport on his flagship of Royal George.
		Colossus, recieved damage that culminated in 3 of her crew being killed and 30 being wounded.
		She was a Colossus Class dreadnought, though very similar to HMS Neptune, she was not part of the latters class, due to Colossus and her sister-ship, HMS Hercules having greater armour.
	www.portaljuice.com /hms_colossus.html (1055 words)

	Encyclopedia: Colossus class battleship (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Two classes of battleship of the Royal Navy are known as the Colossus class:
		The first Colossus class consisted of two 2nd class battleships launched in 1882.
		The second Colossus class consisted of two dreadnoughts launched in 1910 that served in World War I.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Colossus-class-battleship (149 words)

	knees.ca - Colossus class battleship (Site not responding. Last check: )
		a St Vincent class battleship in the foregroun...
		Colossus Class Battleship - HMS Colossus, HMS Hercules
		Like the Colossus all the plasma is forward firing...
	www.knees.ca /Colossus-class-battleship/reference/fullview/wikipedia/1185161 (119 words)

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		The mission of any battleship design was to bring to bare on the enemy the greatest amount of firepower, while being able to withstand the firepower of the opposing ship.
		Battleships had to be fast enough to catch the enemy and then had to overwhelm them with superior firepower.
		class in 1893 that standard for armament was in the form of four 12-inch guns mounted in twin centerline turrets, actually barbettes with armored gun houses.
	www.steelnavy.com /CombrigOrion.htm (1723 words)

	Colossus class battleship (1910) - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Colossus class of two battleships of the British Royal Navy were among the first dreadnoughts following the original Dreadnought">Dreadnought.
		Originally intended to be called the Neptune class">Neptune class, the two ships had thicker armour and other differences from Neptune">Neptune, and so Neptune is traditionally left as its own class.
		Main armament remained the same as the Neptune Class">Neptune Class, except the stagger of the wing turrets was reduced to conserve deck space.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Colossus_class_battleship_(1910) (290 words)

	Colosseum - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Colosseum (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dio Cassius said that 9,000 wild animals were killed in the one hundred days of celebration which inaugurated the amphitheatre opening.
		The Colosseum's name was derived from a colossus (a 130 foot statue) of Nero nearby.
		It was standing room only, and was for lower class women.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Colosseum.html (953 words)

	HMS Dreadnought (1906) - All About All (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Existing battleship designs of the era typically mounted four large guns in dual-gun turrets fore and aft, with a number of smaller guns lining the sides of the ship, in a fashion similar to older sailing vessels.
		This fear was unfounded and later battleships used a superimposed arrangement, with turrets arrayed in a stair-step arrangement on the centerline.
		Withdrawn from the fleet because her low speed made it impossible to keep station, from May 1916 Dreadnought was flagship of the 3rd Battle Squadron, based at Sheerness on the Thames, part of a force intended to counter the threat of shore bombardment by prowling German battlecruisers.
	www.answers-zone.com /article/HMS_Dreadnought_(1906) (2184 words)

	Lost Battalion Games - Brawling Battleships Steel™ - The Ships of Brawling Battleships Steel: Great Britain ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Inspired by the American battleships, this was the first British class to feature superfiring turrets, and the experiment was not completely successful—fire directly to the rear would cause blast damage to the lower turret.
		Broadside firepower was, however, much improved from eight guns on earlier battleship classes to all ten guns on the Colossus class.
		Prewar, as seemed to be the case with many of the early battleships whose unprecedented size made them difficult to handle, the ship was involved in a collision with a freighter.
	lostbattalion.com /BB/Hercules.html (265 words)

	Ships Nostalgia
		Orion class battleship- HMS Orion - by SteveWoodward-8502
		Orion class battleship - HMS Conqueror - by SteveWoodward-8502
		Orion class battleship - HMS Monarch - by SteveWoodward-8502
	www.shipsnostalgia.com (192 words)

	Iron Duke class battleship -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Launched from October 1912 to November 1913, this fourth class of Royal Navy super-dreadnoughts had the same ten 13.5" guns in five centerline twin turrets as before.
		They were essentially (Click link for more info and facts about King George V-class) King George V-class battleships with improved armour and an improved secondary armament of 6-in weapons instead of 4-in.
		Although they were designed for the 21-knot battle line as before, they became overloaded and by the end of the war, struggled to maintain station and apparently did not often steam at more than 19 knots.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/I/Ir/Iron_Duke_class_battleship.htm (417 words)

	Colossus - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Colossus (Site not responding. Last check: )
		* The Colossus of Rhodes, a giant statue of Apollo, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
		* The Colossus of Barletta, a giant statue of an unidentified Roman emperor.
		It holds the record for being the world's first rollercoaster with ten loops, or inversions (points where the coaster is upside-down).
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Colossus.html (189 words)

	Battle of Jutland Information - TextSheet.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		With 15" shells landing on his ships and unable to respond effectively at the range enjoyed by such caliber, Hipper was in a tight spot but knew Scheer's main body was fast approaching and his baiting mission was close to completion.
		The Black Prince of the ill-fated 1st Cruiser Squadron met a grim fate at the hands of the battleship Thüringen, blowing up with all hands as her squadron leader Defence had done earlier.
		Flotillas of British destroyers launched daring torpedo runs on the German battle lines and at the cost of five sunk and some others damaged managed to sink the predreadnought Pommern with all hands, as well as torpedoing the light cruiser Rostock and causing another, the Elbing, to be rammed by the dreadnought Posen and abandoned.
	www.search-mesothelioma.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_jutland.html (3549 words)

	Royal Navy PreDreadnoughts
		Victoria was the first British battleship to be powered by triple expansion engines, though to little advantage, with the low length on breadth ration of 5:1.
		This class was the last of the single citadel turret battleships, and were the heaviest British warships built at the time.
		The Barfleurs were intended as second class battleships, authorised by the 1889 Naval Defence Act.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /aj.cashmore/britain/british-pre.html (524 words)

	British 12"/25 (30.5 cm) Marks I and II
		HMS Colossus was the first British battleship to have BL main guns, steel construction and steel armor all in one ship.
		As a result, HMS Colossus was directed not to fire these guns during her maiden cruise.
		For the Conqueror class, owing to blast effects on the bridge, it was found to be inadvisable to fire these guns abaft the beam, so the arcs of fire were limited to the figures above.
	www.navweaps.com /Weapons/WNBR_12-25_mk1.htm (454 words)

	Royal Navy
		Three of the class were struck by submarine torpedo's during the war but only the Royal Oak, hit by at least two, was sunk.
		This class of five reverted to a smaller 14-in calibre main battery because the Londen Navel Conference of 1936 limited the standard displacement of individual battleships to 35,000 tons.
		The first to be completed was the Colossus, but not untill December 1944; she was joined by the Glory, Venerable and Vengeance quickly enough to reach the Pacific Theatre, able to carry up to 60 aircraft.
	homepage.eircom.net /~steven/uknav.htm (1144 words)

	"Rogers Collection" Photographs
		HMS Emperor of India - she was the only one of the Iron Duke class to have a clinker funnel cap added.
		A Parker class flotilla leader in the background.
		a Florida class battleship, probably the USS Florida herself - she served with the Grand Fleet's 6th Battle Squadron, while her sister Utah was based in Bantry Bay, Ireland.
	www.gwpda.org /naval/rogphoto.htm (448 words)

	Dreadnought battleships 1914
		- 5 'Kaiser' class (10-12in): 'Kaiser', 'Friedrich der Grosse', 'Kaiserin', 'Prinz Regent Luitpold', 'Koenig Albert'.
		- 4 'Konig' class (10-12in): 'Grosser Kurfurst', 'Konig', 'Markgraf', 'Kronprinz Wilhelm'.
		First of 3 'Derfflinger' class battlecruisers (8-12in): 'Derfflinger' completed in 1914, 'Lutzow' in 1915, 'Hindenburg' in 1917.
	www.naval-history.net /WW1NavalDreadnoughts.htm (320 words)

	HMS NELSON BATTLESHIP (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HMS DUKE OF YORK 1940 KING GEORGE V CLASS
		HMS EMPEROR OF INDIA 1913 IRON DUKE CLASS
		HMS SIR THOMAS PICTON 1915 LORD CLIVE CLASS
	www.homestead.com /nelson1/BRITISHBATTLESHIPS.html (77 words)

	Order of battle at Jutland (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Colossus (Flagship of Rear Admiral E. Gaunt; Captain A. Pound; Colossus-class battleship; 1911; ten 12 inch (300 mm) guns, 20,000 tons)
		Barham (Flagship of Rear Admiral H. Evan-Thomas; Captain A. Craig; Queen Elizabeth class battleship; 1915; eight 15 inch (380 mm) guns, 27,500 tons)
		Malaya (Captain the Honourable A. Boyle; Queen Elizabeth class battleship)
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/O/Order-of-battle-at-Jutland.htm (1103 words)

	Battleship Information on Almondnet (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The game Battleship is a guessing game played by two people.
		KBismarck.com is devoted to the legendary German battleship Bismarck.
		The longest British battleship of World War 1 she also had...
	www.siuk.org.uk /schb/battleship_information.html (489 words)

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