This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms colossus, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 55.467 N,6 20.502 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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4. Beechpark
5. Briardene (possibly)
6. Brigit
7. Brinkburn
8. Brodfield
9. Cadeby (probably)
10. Camiola (possibly)
11. Castleford
12. Charles maureaur
13. Cita
14. Delaware
15. Douro
16. Earl of arran
17. Earl of lonsdale
18. Enfant de bretagne
19. Erick rickmers
20. Falkland
21. Forester
22. General roberts (possibly)
23. Hathor
24. Headlands (possibly)
25. Heathmore
26. Hms association
27. Hms blazer
28. Hms colossus
29. Hms decoy (probably)
30. Hms eagle (probably)
31. Hms firebrand
32. Hms pincher
33. Hms romney (possibly)
34. Holland iii (probably)
35. Hollandia
36. Horsa
37. Indian city (possibly)
38. Italia
39. Jean gougy
40. Lady charlotte
41. Little western
42. Magdeleine
43. Mando
44. Mar cor (possibly)
45. Minnehaha
46. Padstow (possibly)
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48. Poleire
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54. Schiller
55. Seapoint (possibly)
56. Serica (possibly)
57. Setiembre (part of)
58. St vincent (possibly)
59. Sussex
60. Thames
61. Thomas w lawson
62. Toledo (possibly)
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65. U 681 (possibly)
66. Uc 19 (probably)
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68. Zelda

 

Name: HMS COLOSSUS

Length 52.4 meter, width: 14.6 meter, tonnage 1703 ton

Cause: grounded on rocks at southward well after parting her cables in a south easterly gale. she had arrived from the mediterranean with a valuable collection of early greek vases.

Year of registration: 1969

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter

Known since: 1969, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: 21.5.69 WRECKAGE LOCATED IN 495519N, 062102W [OGB] ON SOUTHWARD WELL AND COVERS AN AREA OF ABOUT 200FT RADIUS. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 10-50FT. (R EDMONDS, 13.5.69). NCA YET. H2568/71 14.11.73 NOT EXAMINED. WKGE LOCATED BY MR REX COWAN IN 1971 DURING HIS SEARCH FOR THE 'HOLLANDIA'. MANY ARTEFACTS FROM THIS WRECK IN VALHALLE MUSEUM, TRESCO. (HMS HECATE, ROS DTD 16.7.73). H2529/74 19.5.75 WK REPORTED TO LIE IN 495511N, 062102W [OGB] SPREAD OVER LARGE AREA. APPLICATION MADE FOR DESIGNATION AS AN HISTORIC WRECK. (R MORRIS, 15.2.75). 495515N, 062102W [OGB] CONSIDERED BETTER POSN. (DEPT OF TRANSPORT - HISTORIC WK COMMITTEE). INS AS HIS, REST'D AREA RADIUS 300MTRS, IN 495515N, 062102W [OGB]. BR STD. 12.5.75 WK DESIGNATED AS PROTECTED UNDER 1973 HISTORIC WRECK ACT. PRIMARILY TO PROTECT THE MASS OF GREEK POTTERY SHARDS. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT NO.726/75). DIVING TEAMS LED BY MR R MORRIS HAVE SURVEYED SITE AND RECOVERED MANY POTTERY SHARDS, WHICH HAVE BEEN PURCHASED BY THE BRITISH MUSEUM. H1291/84 1.2.84 NOTHING CONSIDERED TO REMAIN ON THIS WK SITE TO WARRANT PROTECTION UNDER THE 1973 ACT. PROTECTION ORDER REVOKED AS FROM 7.2.84. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 2/84). DELETED. POSN RETAINED FOR FILING ONLY. HH230/400/04 20.7.01 RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED WITHIN 300MTRS RADIUS OF 4955.471N, 0620.505W [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 2403/01). INS RESTRICTED AREA, WK NOT CHARTED.

- NM 3353/01. HH100/351/19 18.2.03 WK IS OWNED BY MOD. STERN SECTION IS PROTECTED, DESIGNATION OF BOW WAS LIFTED IN 1980'S FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF WORK ON THE SITE. A LICENCE IS REQUIRED TO VISIT OR WORK ON THE SITE. IT IS CURRENTLY SUBJECT TO ONGOING SURVEY AND LIMITED EXCAVATION BY CURRENT LICENSEE. DETAILS FROM ENGLISH HERITAGE. (J ROSEVEARE, E-MAIL DTD 16.2.03) NCA. 22.9.10 DETAILED EXAMINATION OF SITE UNDERTAKEN BY MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGISTS DURING SUMMER 2010. ARTIFACTS HAVE BEEN UNCOVERED BY GRADUAL EROSION OF SANDY SEABED. (DIVER MAGAZINE OCT '10) 22.8.17 "HMS COLOSSUS" HAS BEEN AWARDED "MILITARY PROTECTION STATUS", BY SI 773/2017, WITH EFFECT FROM 18TH AUG 2017. SEP 2019/000100083 9.5.19 HISTORIC WK IN POSN.4955.466N, 0620.502W [WGD] M/B DEPTH 8.82 MTRS. LENGTH 27.8MTRS, HT 1.3MTRS, WIDTH 9.3MTRS. NFS. (MSDS MARINE M/B SURVEY 2019 AND SEP 2019000100268). AMEND DW 8.8MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Rest'D area 300m radius

Position: 49 55.467 N,6 20.502 W

 

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