HMS Colossus (1787) (1st)
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This the first ship to carry the name HMS Colossus was a third
rate, 74-gun, ship of the line. Built by Cleveley of Gravesend, launched 04-Apr-1787, 172ft long, 48ft wide and of 1,703 tons builders measurement. Wrecked 10-Dec-1798 Isles of Scilly. Won the Battle Honours: Groix Island 1795 and St. Vincent 1797.
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