HMS '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 Rathbone Low, Volume II, JS Virtue & Co, London, 1890-1893.
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