HMS Colossus

Wrecked

Type	Ship of the line
Rate	Third rate
Guns	74 guns
War	French Revolutionary Wars

74-gun ship, at Groix and Cape St Vincent. Wrecked off the Isles of Scilly in December 1798, carrying home part of Sir William Hamilton's collection of Greek vases.

Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Colossus' (1787), 'Leviathan' (1790), 'Carnatic' (1783), and 'Minotaur' (1793), all 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers based on the lines for the captured French Third Rate 'Courageux' (captured 1761). J3066 Photo: Navy Office, John Williams; Edward Hunt, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

74 guns

Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

Builder	Clevely, Gravesend
Laid down	October 1782
Launched	4 April 1787
Length	172 ft 3 in (52.50 m) (gundeck)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

4 April 1787

Battle of Groix

Survived

23 June 1795

Battle of Cape St Vincent

Damaged

14 February 1797

Lost her foreyard and fell out of the line

Fate

Wrecked

Wrecked, 10 December 1798