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{{#vardefine:ship_name|Colossus}}
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''{{#var:ship_name}}'' was first released for sale on 19 May 2023.


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===Pros===
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* AP rockets with above average damage available
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Colossus
===Cons===
* Hull has below average HP
* Hull has below average maneuverability
* No secondary battery available


Colossus is a unique British aircraft carrier that specializes in dealing heavy damage to cruisers and carriers. Her hull is a departure from same tier British carriers in that she lacks an armored deck; however, she compensates for this with low detectability allowing for more aggressive positioning.
==Ship Stats==
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! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SURVIVABILITY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Hit Points || style="color:inherit;" | 47600
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo protection damage reduction (%) || style="color:inherit;" | 13
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! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ARMOR DETAIL !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Belt (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 21
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Deck (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 25
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Superstructure (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 13
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Extremities (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 19
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Vought Corsair MkIV Attack Aircraft
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! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MANEUVERABILITY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum speed (kt) || style="color:inherit;" | 25.0
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Turning circle radius (m) || style="color:inherit;" | 890
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Rudder-shift time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 13.9
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The strongest armament at Colossus’s disposal, these aircraft fire armor piercing rockets that deal heavy damage to broadsides. Each squadron consists of 12 aircraft with a strike containing 3 planes launching 5 rockets each. These rockets boast a high alpha for the aircraft launched armor piercing armament type. If the citadel of a light cruiser or carrier is exposed to the rockets, the entire ship could be sunk in one strike. These rockets also deal high damage to the super structure and upper deck of many capital ships.
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! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | CONCEALMENT !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by sea (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 11.36
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by air (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 9.67
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km) || style="color:inherit;" | —
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by depths (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 9.67
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Fairey Barracuda MkV Torpedo Bombers
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! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ASW AIRSTRIKE (DEPTH CHARGES) !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 7
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Minimum range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 0.5
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Reload time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 25.0
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Number of aircraft || style="color:inherit;" | 1
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Depth charges in payload || style="color:inherit;" | 1
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Damage || style="color:inherit;" | 4200
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Deployment || style="color:inherit;" | Automatic
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! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | AA ARMAMENT !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MOUNTS × BARRELS
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| style="color:inherit;" | 40 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 19 × 1
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| style="color:inherit;" | 40 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 6 × 4
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Colossus’s torpedo bombers launch slow torpedoes with a decent alpha and high flooding chance. Each squadron consists of 6 aircraft with a strike containing 3 planes each dropping 1 torpedo. The small squadron size makes it difficult to carry out multiple strikes on the same target. Captain’s should be advised to utilize islands as much as possible to minimize anti-aircraft fire. This squadron comes with an in-flight repair consumable that allows for increased survivability.
'''Continuous damage''' — average DPS within each action zone
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| style="color:inherit;" | Mid-range || style="color:inherit;" | 437.5 || style="color:inherit;" | 100% || style="color:inherit;" | 3.5
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! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ROCKET PLANES !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Hit points || style="color:inherit;" | 1460
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Cruise speed (kt) || style="color:inherit;" | 169
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Squadrons || style="color:inherit;" | 1
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Per squadron || style="color:inherit;" | 9
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Plane regeneration time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 90.0
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Ammo name || style="color:inherit;" | PBPR308_COLOSSUS_STOCK
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Ammo type || style="color:inherit;" | ROCKET
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Rockets in payload || style="color:inherit;" | 5
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Damage per rocket || style="color:inherit;" | 3400
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Preparation time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 5.0
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! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | TORPEDO BOMBERS !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Hit points || style="color:inherit;" | 2060
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Speed (kt) || style="color:inherit;" | 127
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Squadron size || style="color:inherit;" | 6
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Size of attacking flight || style="color:inherit;" | 3
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Aircraft on deck || style="color:inherit;" | 9
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Preparation time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 10.0
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 10.0
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo name || style="color:inherit;" | PBPT308_COLOSSUS_STOCK
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedoes in payload || style="color:inherit;" | 1
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo damage || style="color:inherit;" | 13800
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Flood chance (%) || style="color:inherit;" | 0.5%
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo speed (kt) || style="color:inherit;" | 35
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Arming distance (m) || style="color:inherit;" | 100
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 0.1
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Squadrons || style="color:inherit;" | 1
|}
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Fairey Barracuda MkV Carpet Bombers
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | DIVE BOMBERS !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Hit points || style="color:inherit;" | 2230
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Speed (kt) || style="color:inherit;" | 130
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Squadron size || style="color:inherit;" | 9
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Size of attacking flight || style="color:inherit;" | 3
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Aircraft on deck || style="color:inherit;" | 12
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Preparation time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 9.0
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 10.0
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Bomb name || style="color:inherit;" | PBPB308_COLOSSUS_STOCK
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Bomb type || style="color:inherit;" | BOMB
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Bombs in payload || style="color:inherit;" | 6
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Bomb damage || style="color:inherit;" | 4700
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Squadrons || style="color:inherit;" | 1
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Colossus’s carpet bombers are effective against all targets that have up to 32mm armor plating. Each squadron consists of 9 aircraft with a strike containing 3 planes each. A full strike drops 18 bombs that have a decent alpha and high fire chance enabling the stacking of multiple fires on the same target. These aircraft boast a high health pool allowing for increased survivability against heavy anti-aircraft fire.
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|Pros=<!-- write list of positive points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
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* Very powerful AP rockets that can deal massive damage
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* Torpedo bombers have high flood chance
* Bombs have a good fire chance
* Good ship concealment
* Planes have high health with good speed


|Cons=<!-- write list of negative points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
* Small hanger with longer plane restoration
* Short-ranged AA defenses
* Low top speed


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* '''Slot 1:''' {{Damage Control Party}} (30.0s action, 70.0s cooldown)
 
* '''Slot 2:''' {{Patrol Fighter}} (4 charges, 600.0s action, 40.0s cooldown)
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|Upgrades=<!-- write text about best upgrades below, add * after upgrade link to designate that another upgrade may be viable -->
 
The recommended upgrades are:
* '''Slot 1''':  {{Air Groups Modification 1}}
* '''Slot 2''': {{Aircraft Engines Modification 1}}
* '''Slot 3''':  {{Aerial Torpedoes Modification 1}}
* '''Slot 4''':  {{Attack Aircraft Modification 2}}
* '''Slot 5''':  {{Flight Control Modification 1}}
 
|CommanderSkills=<!-- write text about best set of Commander Skills below -->
 
*Note:  <u>Hidden Menace</u> states that your planes reach safe altitude at 50% lower height which is not true because your planes are still vulnerable to flak, therefore the skill is bugged and not recommended.  
 
{{Commander Skills 3 CV
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| rating11 = 3 <!-- Last Gasp -->
| rating12 = 1 <!-- Improved Engine Boost -->
| rating13 =  <!-- Engine Techie -->
| rating14 = 1 <!-- Air Supremacy -->
| rating15 =  <!-- Direction Center for Fighters -->
| rating16 =  <!-- Search and Destroy -->
 
| rating21 = 2 <!-- Torpedo Bomber -->
| rating22 =  <!-- Swift Fish -->
| rating23 = 3 <!-- Improved Engines -->
| rating24 =  <!-- Repair Specialist -->
| rating25 =  <!-- Secondary Armament Expert -->
| rating26 =  <!-- Patrol Group Leader -->
 
| rating31 =  <!-- Sight Stabilization -->
| rating32 =  <!-- Enhanced Armor-Piercing Ammunition -->
| rating33 =  <!-- Pyrotechnician -->
| rating34 = 3 <!-- Aircraft Armor -->
| rating35 = 3 <!-- Survivability Expert -->
| rating36 =  <!-- Interceptor -->
 
| rating41 =  <!-- Bomber Flight Control -->
| rating42 = 2 <!-- Proximity Fuse -->
| rating43 =  <!-- Close Quarters Expert -->
| rating44 = 3 <!-- Enhanced Aircraft Armor -->
| rating45 =  <!-- Hidden Menace -->
| rating46 =  <!-- Enhanced Reactions -->
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|Consumables=<!-- write text about selection of Consumables below -->
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''{{#var:ship_name}}'' equips the following consumables:
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'''Aircraft Carrier:'''
[[File:Colossus.png|thumb]]
* '''Slot 1:''' {{Damage Control Party}}
* '''Slot 2:''' {{CAP Fighter}} &ndash; 4 charges
'''Attack Aircraft:'''
* '''Slot 1:''' {{Engine Cooling}} &ndash; 2 charges
* '''Slot 2:''' {{Patrol Fighter}} &ndash; 3 charges
'''Torpedo Bombers:'''
* '''Slot 1:''' {{Engine Cooling}} &ndash; 2 charges
* '''Slot 2:''' {{Patrol Fighter}} &ndash; 3 charges
* '''Slot 3:''' {{In-flight Repair}} &ndash; 3 charges
'''Bombers:'''
* '''Slot 1:''' {{Engine Cooling}} &ndash; 2 charges
* '''Slot 2:''' {{Patrol Fighter}} &ndash; 3 charges


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|Signals=<!-- write text about best set of signals below -->
 
{{Signal Flags
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| Juliet Charlie          = <!-- No Detonate -->
| India Yankee            = 3 <!-- -20% Fire duration -->
| Hotel Yankee            =  <!-- ram someone -->
| Juliet Yankee Bissotwo  =  <!-- -20% flood duration -->
| Victor Lima            = 3 <!-- +1/0.5% (160mm) fire, +4% flood -->
| India X-Ray            = 3 <!-- +1/0.5% (160mm) fire, +5% you detonate -->
 
| Juliet Whiskey Unaone  = 3 <!-- +15% flood, +5% you detonate -->
| Mike Yankee Soxisix    = 2 <!-- Secondaries: +5% range, -5% reload, -5% dispersion-->
| November Echo Setteseven= 3 <!-- +5% AA damage -->
| Sierra Mike            = 3 <!-- +5% speed -->
| November Foxtrot        =  <!-- -5% Consumables reload -->
| India Delta            = 3 <!-- +20% HP from Repair Party -->
 
| X-Ray Papa Unaone      =  <!-- +15% Smoke Gen action time -->
| Sierra Bravo            =  <!-- +10% Hydro action time;  -10% DFAA reload time -->
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|History=<!-- write text below -->
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<h2>''{{#var:ship_name}}'', 1945</h2>
===Construction===
:Builder: Vickers-Armstrong, Newcastle upon Tyne
:Laid down: 1 June 1942
:Launched: 30 September 1943
:Commissioned: 16 December 1944
:Fate: Loaned to France in 1946, scrapped 1978
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===Specifications===
:13200 tons displacement, standard
:212m length
:24.4m beam
:7.2m draft (mean)
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====Machinery====
:4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons geared turbines
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====Performance====
:25 knots at 40000 shaft horsepower
:12000nm range at 12 knots
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====Armament====
=====Anti-Aircraft=====
:24 (6x4) 40mm 2 pounder AA guns
:32 (16x2) 20mm Oerlikon AA guns
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====Aircraft====
:48 Aircraft
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HMS ''Colossus'' was a light aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. She was commissioned in 1944, but did not see combat during World War II. After a brief service with the Royal Navy repatriating Allied PoWs and internees, she was initially loaned to, and then bought by, France.
 
<h4>Background</h4>
The 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier, later renamed to the ''Colossus''-class after the lead ship, was designed to be built quickly to provide the Royal Navy with additional aircraft carriers. They were designed to be built in civilian shipyards, providing more capability than the smaller and slower escort carriers while being  cheaper to build than full-size fleet carriers. They had no armor, no heavy AA guns, and limited top speeds. Sixteen ships were laid down to the same specifications as ''Colossus''; eight were finished to the original design, with the remainder being completed as maintenance carriers or with a modified design as the ''Majestic''-class. They were intended to be “disposable warships” which would be scrapped after the war finished, however the last ship did not leave service until 2001.
 
<h4>Royal Navy Service</h4>
''Colossus'' was ordered on 14 May 1942, one of three ''Colossus''-class ships ordered at the same time. She was laid down in June 1942 at the Vickers Armstrong shipyard in Newcastle. The ship was launched on 30 September 1943 as the 6th Royal Navy ship to carry the name ''Colossus'', dating back to 1787. She officially joined the Royal Navy on 16 December 1944.
 
She left the UK on 12 March 1945 for the Far East, with aircraft from 1846 NAS (Naval Air Squadron) and 827 NAS on board. She sailed via the Mediterranean and the Suez Canal, and arrived at Colombo in Ceylon on 13 June 1945. She departed for Australia, and a brief refit and upgrade of her AA weapons, before joining the British Pacific Fleet as flagship of the 11th Aircraft Carrier Squadron in August.
 
With the end of World War II, ''Colossus'' was part of the task force sent to re-occupy Hong Kong. She was also designated as the flagship for the occupation task force for Shanghai with the cruisers ''Bermuda'' and ''Argonaut'', plus five destroyers. She spent the rest of 1945 transporting former PoWs and civilian internees from Japanese territory to the Philippines and India.
 
On 17 January 1946, ''Colossus'' arrived off Cape Town, prior to drydock at Simonstown. Her refit lasted until April, when she returned to the UK and was placed in reserve. She did not gain any battle honours for her Royal Navy service.
 
<h4>Marine Nationale Service</h4>
On 6 August, HMS ''Colossus'' was transferred to France, for a five year loan. She was renamed ''Arromanches'', after the site of the British Gold Beach on D-Day. She took part in the First Indochina War in 1948 and was purchased in 1951, as her loan arrangement expired, and returned to Indochina several additional times. She was deployed to the Mediterranean for the Suez Crisis, where her aircraft bombed Egyptian airfields. In 1957-1958 she was refitted with an angled flight deck, mirror landing device, and additional anti-submarine warfare modifications. She underwent another refit in 1968 to convert her to a helicopter carrier for the French Marines and served until 1974. She was decommissioned in January of that year and was eventually broken up in Toulon in 1978.
 
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*Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 12.0.
{{WoWS Ship Testing Changes Insert|1=
*{{WoWS DevBlog Link Insert|399}}:
**Preliminary characteristics.
*{{WoWS DevBlog Link Insert|413}}:
**Changes to Attack aircraft:
***Rocket dispersion increased by 17%. Reduced the chance of rockets hitting closer to the center of the crosshair.
***Aircraft recovery time increased from 83 to 90 s.
**Changes to Bombers:
***Bomb dispersion increased by 12%. Reduced the chance of bombs hitting closer to the center of the crosshair.
***Aircraft recovery time increased from 76 to 80 s.
**Changes to Torpedo bombers:
***Aircraft recovery time increased from 62 to 80 s.
*{{WoWS DevBlog Link Insert|418}}:
**Attack aircraft machine gun pre-firing time increased from 0.3 to 1.5 s.
**Changed the parameters of the torpedo bombers:
***Aiming sight spread when maneuvering while preparing for an attack run increased by a factor of 2.
***Aiming sight spread when maneuvering during an attack run increased by a factor of 4.3.
***Aiming sight reduction speed during an attack run increased by a factor of 2.2.
***The width of the aiming sight increased approximately by a factor of 6.
*{{WoWS DevBlog Link Insert|422}}:
**With the release of Update 12.2:
***Fixed an issue which caused attack aircraft to launch rockets at an incorrect angle.
*Update 12.3:
**Fixed the geometry and textures of the ship.
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*First available for sale on 15 May 2023, as the last bundle out of 10, as well as through Royal Navy Premium containers. The final stage of these sequential bundles cost 1 credit, and unlocking Colossus cost players 23,250 doubloons, or 17,850 doubloons when discounted. The containers had a 1.5% chance of dropping her.
*Update 12.11:
**Improved geometry and textures of the ship.
*Update 13.1:
**Changed the parameters of Attack Aircraft:
***Number of rockets per plane reduced from 6 to 5.
***The size of aiming ellipse increased by 20%.
***The amount of rockets that are guaranteed to hit closer to the center of the aiming ellipse reduced from 50 to 33%.
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Latest revision as of 19:27, 9 July 2026


VIII
13,000 doubloons

Colossus — U.K. Premium Tier VIII Aircraft Carrier.

The Colossus class was envisioned as an intermediate link between the heavy aircraft carriers of the Illustrious class and the U.S. escort ships; the hull was built according to the technology used for constructing merchant ships, while the propulsion unit was partially borrowed from light cruisers. Colossus took part in the liberation of Hong Kong and Shanghai as the flagship of the 11th Aircraft Carriers Squadron. In 1946, she was handed over to the French Navy and renamed Arromanches. In the ranks of the French Navy, the aircraft carrier participated in combat operations in Indochina and the Suez Crisis.

Pros

  • AP rockets with above average damage available
  • Ship hull has low concealment
  • Above average plane HP

Cons

  • Hull has below average HP
  • Hull has below average maneuverability
  • No secondary battery available

Ship Stats

Hull Information

Airstrike

AA Defense

Aircraft


Compatible Upgrades

 Slot 1 
 Air Groups Modification 1
 Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
 Damage Control Party Modification 1
 Slot 2 
 Damage Control System Modification 1
 Aircraft Engines Modification 1
 Slot 3 
 Torpedo Bombers Modification 1
 Attack Aircraft Modification 1
 Aerial Torpedoes Modification 1
 Slot 4 
 Damage Control System Modification 2
 Attack Aircraft Modification 2
 Torpedo Bombers Modification 2
 Bombers Modification 1
 Airstrike Modification 1
 Slot 5 
 Flight Control Modification 1
 Concealment System Modification 1
 Squadron Consumables Modification 1


Consumables


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