This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms association, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 51.73 N,6 24.5 W (49.947816666667, -6.3925666666667)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

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2. Antonios
3. Antonios (probably)
4. Ardencraig
5. Beechpark
6. Briardene (possibly)
7. Brigit
8. Brinkburn
9. Brodfield
10. Burgerdijk (probably)
11. Cadeby (probably)
12. Camiola (possibly)
13. Castleford
14. Charles maureaur
15. Cita
16. Delaware
17. Douro
18. Earl of arran
19. Earl of lonsdale
20. Enfant de bretagne
21. Erick rickmers
22. Falkland
23. Forester
24. General roberts (possibly)
25. Hathor
26. Headlands (possibly)
27. Hms association
28. Hms blazer
29. Hms colossus
30. Hms eagle (probably)
31. Hms firebrand
32. Hms romney (possibly)
33. Hollandia
34. Horsa
35. Indian city (possibly)
36. Italia
37. Jean gougy
38. Lady charlotte
39. Little western
40. Magdeleine
41. Mando
42. Mar cor (possibly)
43. Minnehaha
44. Padstow (possibly)
45. Plympton
46. Poleire
47. Prinses maria
48. Rachel harvey
49. Richard davey
50. River lune
51. San bartholomeo (possibly)
52. Schiller
53. Serica (possibly)
54. Setiembre (part of)
55. St vincent (possibly)
56. Sussex
57. Thames
58. Thomas w lawson
59. Toledo (possibly)
60. U 1208 (possibly)
61. U 681 (possibly)
62. Uc 19 (probably)
63. Venus des isles (pz269)
64. Zelda

 

Name: HMS ASSOCIATION

Length 50.3 meter, width: 13.9 meter, draught: 5.6, tonnage 1459 ton

Cause: built 1696 baggshot, portsmouth dockyard. 90 guns, second rate. flagship of 21 english men o'war. passage gibraltar for portsmouth. ran into the western rocks in bad weather. no survivors. hms eagle, hms romner & hms firebrand were also lost. hms association's complement of some 800 men were lost, the total death toll being some 2000men. it was largely as a result of this loss that the admiralty board instituted a competition for a more accurate way to determine longitude.

Year of registration: 1967

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter

Known since: 1967, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: A LARGE SELECTION OF GUNS, CANNON, SHOT PLATE ETC HAVE BEEN RECOVERED FROM THE AREA NEAR THE GILSTONE LEDGES. VARIOUS REPORTS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN IN THE DAILY NEWSPAPERS GIVING DETAILS OF HOW THE DIVERS LOCATED THIS WRECK. (CUTTINGS FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH 1968 TO 1969). 20.10.69 THE WRECK IS BELIEVED TO BE IN TWO DISTINCT SITES. THE SITE KNOWN AS CANNON GULLEY WAS DIVED ON BY THE RAF DIVERS AND THEY WERE INSTRUCTED NOT TO RECOVER ANY ARTEFACTS. THE SITE CONSISTED OF HUGE BOULDERS. THE GULLEYS BETWEEN THEM CONTAINING NUMEROUS IRON CANNON BALLS AND GRAPE SHOT. THERE IS STILL MUCH OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTEREST ON THE SITE. (RAF ST ATHAN SUB AQUA CLUB REPORT, 9.7.69) 5.10.70 REPORT AGREES WITH THAT DTD JUL '69. (RAF ST ATHAN SUB AQUA CLUB, JUN '70) H2568/71 14.11.73 NOT FULLY INVESTIGATED. MOST DIVED ON AREA CONSISTS OF LARGE BOULDERS AND GULLEYS AND ONLYVISIBLE SIGNS OF WRECK ARE SOME CANNON AND ANCHORS ON SEABED. LIES WEST OF GILSTONE LEDGES IN THE SEMI-CIRCLE FORMED BY THEM. SUGGESTED POSN 495142N, 062431W [OGB]. (HMS HECATE, R-OF-S). H1280/76/24 29.1.76 ALL WOOD HAS LONG GONE AND ALL THAT REMAINS ARE IRON CANNON, CANNON BALLS AND SMALLER ARTEFACTS SCATTERED IN ROCKY GULLEYS ON THE SIDE. NO HAZARD TO NAVIGATION. (RAF HONINGTON SUB AQUA EXPEDITION REPORT, 1-15.8.75). 12.1.00 POSN STATED TO BE 4951.73N, 0624.5W [OGB]. MOST OF COINS RECOVERED HAVE BEEN FOUND NEAR THE IRON CANNON AMONG BOULDERS IN GULLIES IN DEPTHS OF 5-43MTRS. STERN HAS STILL TO BE LOCATED. SALVOR IN POSSESSION IS JIM HESLIN OF ISLES OF SCILLY UNDERWATER CENTRE. (DIVER MAGAZINE, JAN '00). FOR FILING ONLY. HH100/351/19 18.2.03 WK OWNED BY MOD, NOT PROTECTED BY STATUTORY INSTRUMENT. NOT CURRENTLY SUBJECT TO ANY LICENCE. (J ROSEVEARE, E-MAIL DTD 16.2.03). NCA. 16.4.14 RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 50MTRS CENTRED ON 4951.73N, 0624.50W [WGD]. (SI 753/14). AMEND POSN. BA 34 STS TO SHOW AREA. SEP 2017/000267934 31.1.18 NOT LOCATED BY M/B SURVEY 2017. (MMT, HI 1504). FOR FILING ONLY. SEP 2019/000100083 9.5.19 NOT LOCATED BY M/B SURVEY 2019. UNDER THE PROTECTION OF 'WRECKS ACT 1973'. NFS. (SEP 2019000100268). NCA
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 51.73 N,6 24.5 W

 

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