HMS Colossus

HMS Colossus

HMS Colossus

Description

The Colossus-class, HMS Colossus (24), 1918 is a rank British battleship with a battle rating of (AB), (RB), and (SB). It was introduced in Update "New Power".

General info

Survivability and armour

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Mobility

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Mobility Characteristics
Game Mode	Upgrade Status	Maximum Speed (km/h)		Turn Time (s)	Turn Radius (m)
		Forward	Reverse
AB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded
RB/SB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded

Armament

Primary armament

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		1,000 m	2,500 m	5,000 m	7,500 m	10,000 m	15,000 m
Mark IIa HE	HE	72	72	72	72	72	72
Mark VIa APC	APC	525	466	382	316	264	198
Mark VIIa SAPCBC	SAPCBC	282	250	205	169	141	105

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (s)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (kg)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
Mark IIa HE	HE	869	386	0	0.1	53.13	79°	80°	81°
Mark VIa APC	APC	869	389.8	0.025	17	13.64	48°	63°	71°
Mark VIIa SAPCBC	SAPCBC	869	386	0.035	17	36.3	48°	63°	71°

Secondary armament

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		1,000 m	2,500 m	5,000 m	7,500 m	10,000 m	15,000 m
4 inch HE	HE	11	11	11	11	11	11
4 inch CPC	SAPBC	102	84	60	45	34	26

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (s)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
4 inch HE	HE	873	14.06	0	0.1	700	79°	80°	81°
4 inch CPC	SAPBC	873	14.06	0.015	5	420	48°	63°	71°

Anti-aircraft armament

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Additional armament

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• Solid main battery of ten 305 mm guns is a major threat to any warship.
• Superior armour penetration than the 305 mm guns of HMS Invincible and HMS Dreadnought.
• Access to SAP rounds that can deal heavy damage to lightly armoured vessels such as destroyers and cruisers.
• Secondary battery of thirteen 102 mm guns can easily thwart attacks from small unarmoured craft and destroyers.
• Strong vertical belt armour and well protected magazines, even better with angling.
• Has access to underwater torpedoes with 11 km range.

Cons:

• Slow top speed, lacklustre mobility and large size makes it an easy target for shells, bombs and torpedoes alike.
• Overall thin deck armour, extremely vulnerable to aircraft bombs and long range plunging hits.
• Weak main battery turret roof armour will often lead to damage to the gun breeches and turret rotation when hit.
• Somewhat weak athwartship armour leaves the ship potentially vulnerable to penetrating hits from the front.
• The 305 mm APC shells, while better than other British 6.0 ships, will struggle to penetrate battleship armour beyond 10 km, and have weak post-penetration damage.
• 102 mm SAPBC shells have very low penetration, making the secondary battery essentially useless against any ship larger than a destroyer.
• Virtually non-existent anti-aircraft armament makes the ship a prime target for enemy bombers.
• Like all underwater torpedo tubes, the torpedo armament has limited firing angles which makes the torpedoes largely situational.

History

The HMS Colossus in 1910.

HMS Colossus was the lead-ship of the two-member Colossus-class, the 5th class of dreadnought battleships constructed for the Royal Navy. Named after the Colossus of Rhodes, she was launched in 1910 and commissioned in 1911. She served in training activities before the start of the First World War, and served as part of the First Battle Squadron for the majority of the war. She participated in the Battle of Jutland, and became a training ship following the war. She was hulked in 1923, and scrapped in 1928.

Design and development

The HMS Colossus was of a similar design to the other dreadnoughts of its era. It displaced over 20 thousand tons standard and was 166 metres long; similar to its predecessors, it was capable of making 21 knots (39 km/h). The Colossus was armed with a main armament of five dual 305 mm (12-inch) guns, with three mounted on the centreline and two at beam positions. However, unlike the preceding dreadnoughts, one of its beam turrets faced backwards. The ship was also equipped with numerous secondary guns, though its anti-aircraft guns were sparse with just a single mount. The Colossus was the last British dreadnought to carry a 12-inch main armament, as future designs switched to the more potent 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns.

The HMS Colossus was ordered in 1909, and laid down in the summer of that year. It was launched in April of 1910, and completed in early 1911.

Service history

Following her sea trials, the HMS Colossus served with the British 2nd Battle Squadron and participated in the Fleet Review of July 1912. Following the start of the First World War, Colossus participated in the Battle of Jutland; she was hit by two German shells, making her the only British dreadnought to be damaged. The battle was tactically inconclusive, but served as a strategic victory for the Allies as the German fleet would never sail again. In 1917, Colossus was recalled for a refit; she rejoined the British grand fleet in 1918 but the war had drawn to a close. As a result, Colossus was placed into reserve as the flagship of the reserve fleet; she later served as a training ship for the Royal Navy Cadets. Following the Washington naval treaty, Colossus was sold for scrapping, and was eventually scrapped in 1928.

Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the HMS Colossus from live.warthunder.com.

See also

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• reference to the series of the ship;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Staff Writer. (2016, December 17). HMS Colossus Dreadnought Battleship. Retrieved November 28, 2020, from https://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/detail.asp?ship_id=hms-colossus-united-kingdom
• Naval Encyclopedia. (2019, March 31). Colossus Class Battleships (1909). Retrieved November 28, 2020, from https://www.naval-encyclopedia.com/ww1/UK/colossus-class

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