The second HMS Colossus was a Colossus class

Colossus class battleship (1882)

The Colossus class battleships were ironclad warships, carrying their main armament in turrets, which served in the Victorian Royal Navy from 1882...

 second-class British

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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 battleship

Battleship

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, launched in 1882 and commissioned in 1886. She had a displacement of 9,520 tons, and an armament of 4 × 12-inch breechloaders, 5 × 6-inch guns and had a respectable speed of 15.5 knots. She served in the Mediterranean Fleet, from her commission in 1886 to 1893 when she then became a Coastguard

Her Majesty's Coastguard

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 ship. In 1895 she was part of the 1st Reserve Squadron.