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262:2 × 14-inch
140:(9,570
133:Displacement
121:
92:Commissioned
38:
25:
21:HMS Colossus
812:Collingwood
806:Devastation
723:Dreadnought
650:sister ship
611:Vigo, Spain
508:gun turrets
449:sterncastle
79:6 June 1879
1500:1882 ships
1479:Categories
1320:. Cooper.
1092:References
832:Resolution
684:, and the
681:Inflexible
631:coastguard
623:Imperieuse
606:Imperieuse
597:sea trials
512:en echelon
423:and had a
380:Royal Navy
331:battleship
231:Complement
198:Propulsion
1427:Edinburgh
1283:496786828
1266:496786828
1245:496786828
1224:496786828
1180:496786828
1159:496786828
1138:496786828
1117:496786828
1082:The Times
1067:The Times
1052:The Times
1037:The Times
986:The Times
857:in 1908.
850:Excellent
830:HMS
791:Alexandra
779:divisions
769:held for
741:Alexandra
737:Edinburgh
714:Alexandra
690:St George
669:Alexandra
654:Edinburgh
619:gun ports
585:laid down
561:magazines
557:bulkheads
481:amidships
437:long tons
433:displaced
284:Bulkheads
258:6-pounder
138:long tons
76:Laid down
1420:Colossus
1406:Colossus
1365:21 March
826:paid off
817:Colossus
787:Colossus
763:Colossus
733:Colossus
710:Edinburg
706:Colossus
695:Colossus
663:Barfleur
639:Colossus
635:Holyhead
615:Colossus
593:launched
581:Colossus
546:Colossus
516:Colossus
502:of four
479:located
417:Colossus
411:Colossus
372:Colossus
353:Colossus
322:Colossus
316:Colossus
239:Armament
127:ironclad
122:Colossus
84:Launched
39:Colossus
699:Belfast
587:at the
465:ratings
429:draught
328:British
296:Turrets
278:Citadel
168:Draught
66:Builder
47:History
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845:tender
809:, and
795:Benbow
750:Sultan
745:Benbow
743:, and
728:Torbay
718:Benbow
678:, and
675:Benbow
477:funnel
455:. The
435:9,420
341:Design
319:was a
272:Armour
187:7,488
149:Length
136:9,420
124:-class
1445:class
960:Gleig
861:Notes
549:'
528:stern
485:knots
400:steel
360:class
324:class
224:knots
222:16.5
219:Speed
181:10 ×
1443:Ajax
1367:2022
1322:ISBN
1303:ISBN
1279:OCLC
1262:OCLC
1241:OCLC
1220:OCLC
1197:ISBN
1176:OCLC
1155:OCLC
1134:OCLC
1113:OCLC
800:Howe
583:was
447:and
445:fore
425:beam
409:HMS
396:hull
358:Ajax
314:HMS
290:Deck
256:4 ×
250:5 ×
244:4 ×
209:2 ×
203:2 ×
160:Beam
100:Fate
37:HMS
773:'s
378:to
362:of
234:396
154:lpp
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