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Revision as of 14:28, 24 September 2012

H.M.S. Colossus (1910)
Pendant Number: 93 (1914)
43 (Jan 1918)
24 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Scott, Greenock[2]
Laid down: 8 Jul, 1909[3]
Launched: 9 Apr, 1910[4]
Commissioned: 8 Aug, 1911
Sold: Jul, 1928[5]
Fate: Scrapped


Career

Colossus was commissioned at Devonport on 8 August, 1911, by Captain Dudley R. S. de Chair for service in the Second Division of the Home Fleet.[6]

Jutland

Main article

Fate

Colossus was Reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 4 March, 1919.[7]

Colossus was placed on the disposal list in July, 1921 but was reprieved in September for service as a Boys' Training Ship. She was paid off in May, 1922 but recommissioned again in January, 1924 as an accommodation ship for the Training Ship Impregnable. She was paid off again in January, 1928 and sold to Alloa SB Company in July. She left Devonport under tow on 15 August and arrived at Rosyth for breaking up on 5 September.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 26.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 32.
  6. "The New Battleship Colossus" (News). The Times. Wednesday, 9 August, 1911. Issue 39659, col C, p. 7.
  7. The Monthly Navy List (December, 1920). p. 749.
  8. De Chair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 259.
  9. Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  10. Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 312.
  11. The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 293.
  12. The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 393e.
  13. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 761.
  14. The Navy List (August, 1919). p. 761.
  15. The Monthly Navy List (December, 1920). p. 748.

Bibliography


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