Picture of the Week 102

A fine portrait of HMS Colossus seen at anchor at Scapa Flow, 1916. Her main armament was ten 12-inch (306mm) guns in five twin turrets. She was lead ship in a class of two, her sister being HMS Heracles. During the Battle of Jutland she engaged the German Battlecruiser SMS Seydlitz and was credited with four hits (some sources say five), in turn she was herself hit twice but damage was slight.