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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = France | France|naval}} | Ship name = Colosse | Ship namesake="Colossus"; Pallas Athena | Ship ordered=20 February 1812 | Ship builder=Toulon | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=5 December 1812 | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed=Pallas in 1821 | Ship captured= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship fate=broken up in 1840 | Ship status= | Ship honours= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption=[1] | Téméraire|ship of the line}} | Ship displacement=*2,966 tonnes- 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
| 55.87|m|ft}} (172 pied) | 14.90|m|ftin}} | 7.26|m|ft}} (22 pied) | 2485|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} of sails | Ship armament=*74 guns:- Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns
- Upper gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder long guns
- Forecastle and Quarter deck:
- 16 × 8-pounder long guns
- 4 × 36-pdr carronades
| Ship armour=Timber
}} | Colosse was a {{Sclass-|Téméraire|ship of the line|4}} 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Between 1815 and 1827, her forecastle and quarterdeck were razéed and she was turned into the flush deck, 60-gun first rank frigate Pallas. Career Colosse was ordered on 20 February 1812. She was launched on 5 December 1812, amidst a ceremony honouring the anniversary of the Battle of Austerlitz, and commissioned in January 1814 under Captain Louvel. In 1821, she cruised in the Caribbean under Captain Ducampe de Rosamel. During the events of the "Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis", she took part in the bombardment of Cadiz under Captain de la Bretonnière. Between 1815 and 1827, her forecastle and quarterdeck were razéed, and she was turned into a 60-gun first rank frigate, with two complete batteries, and renamed Pallas. As Pallas, she took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830, and in the Battle of the Tagus, under Captain Buchet de Châteauville. Upon her return, she was decommissioned, and condemned in 1840. References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://dossiersmarine.free.fr/fs_v_V4.html |title=La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques |first=Alain |last=Clouet |work=dossiersmarine.free.fr |year=2007 |accessdate=4 April 2013 |language=fr |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323150546/http://dossiersmarine.free.fr/fs_v_V4.html |archivedate=23 March 2013 |df= }}
External links - {{cite book |first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |year=2005 |chapter= |title=Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870 |isbn=978-2-9525917-0-6 |oclc=165892922 |page=120 |publisher=Group Retozel-Maury Millau|language=fr}}
- {{cite web |url= http://www.servicehistorique.defense.gouv.fr/ |title=Fonds Marine. Campagnes (opérations ; divisions et stations navales ; missions diverses). Inventaire de la sous-série Marine BB4. Tome deuxième : BB4 1 à 482 (1790-1826) |work=Service historique de la défense |year=2013|language=fr}}
- {{cite web |url= http://www.cosmaodumanoir.fr/index.php?page=julien |title=Julien Cosmao Kerjulien (1761-1825) |first=Philippe |last=Cosmao Dumanoir |work=cosmaodumanoir.fr |year=2013 |language=fr}}
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