This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms colsay, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 14.8 N,2 47.855 E (51.1325, 2.5103667)

 

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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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5. Bourrasque
6. Bowsprite (bow section)
7. Cmb 1
8. Cmb 71a
9. Dawdon
10. Dortmund
11. Emeraude
12. Empire path
13. Etendard
14. Fl5
15. G 96
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17. Hm motor launch 561
18. Hms basilisk
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20. Hms colsay
21. Hms gracie fields
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24. Hms plumpton (probably)
25. Hms sirius
26. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
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29. Hms whitley
30. John mahn
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34. Lst 420 (stern section)
35. M 3610
36. Mariner (possibly)
37. Maurice
38. Mont louis
39. Nashaba
40. Nautica ena
41. Neutron
42. Neutron
43. Nippon
44. P 319
45. Putten
46. Queen of the channel (possibly)
47. Quo vadis
48. Ra.2 (possibly)
49. Rita
50. Robert l vann
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53. Sampa
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55. Samvern (w part)
56. Senator holthusen
57. Sigurds faulbaums
58. Slera ventana
59. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
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64. Ub29
65. Vlaanderen (probably)
66. Wolf
67. Zeester

 

Name: HMS COLSAY

Length 50 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 554 ton

Cause: 'island' class trawler. built by cook, welton & gemmel 1943. sunk by human torpedo while off ostend. (ww2sl & srn).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H03799/44 15.12.44 DW IN POSN 511442N, 024800E. INS AS DWPA.

- NM 2791/44. 11.5.55 POSN NOW GIVEN AS 511445N, 024800E. LC 125. H6232/55 12.12.55 POSN 511448N, 024718E. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 16FT. (OSTENDE NM 21/99/55). BR STD. 16.11.64 POSN NOW 511445N, 024730E. (GRADUATION CHANGE). NC 125. H5262/56 4.11.69 AMEND SW 3FMS 1FT IN 511450N, 024753E [EUR] ON 125 & LC 1872. H3587/70 1.7.70 NOT SHOWN ON BELGIAN SURVEY - K5889 ME. NCA. H3280/66 2.2.71 POSN 511450N, 024753E [EUR]. BELIEVED TO BE HMS COLSAY. PREVIOUSLY FILED IN 511448N, 024718E. H3280/66 2.2.71 AMEND SW 5.8MTRS. NC 125. 12.10.76 SHOWN AS SW 5.9 MTRS ON BELGIAN SURVEY K7491. NE 125. H4489/76 29.1.85 NOW SW 7.2MTRS IN 511450.7N, 024755.9E [EUR]. (OSTENDE NM 136/84). BR STD. H1310/88/28 10.6.88 CONFIRMED AS HMS COLSAY. LIES N/S IN 3 PARTS - BOW SECTION UPSIDE DOWN, WITH DEEP SCOUR (TO 16MTRS) ALONGSIDE; MIDSHIP SECTION UPRIGHT BUT NO MORE THAN HEAP OF TWISTED IRON WITH COAL SCATTERED AROUND; STERN SECTION IN REASONABLE CONDITION, LISTING HEAVILY TO PORT. LEAST DEPTH OVER WK ABOUT 7MTRS. (D TERMOTE, 15.5.88). SEP 2010/000138707 18.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 7.1MTRS [LAT] IN 5114.800N, 0247.855E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 1.6.10, 1:60,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN THREE PARTS

Position: 51 14.8 N,2 47.855 E

 

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