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Hms Curacoa (part Of)(possibly)

Cruiser (period Unassigned)-(1942)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Hms Curacoa (part Of)(possibly) as Cruiser (period Unassigned)-(1942). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
HMS Curacoa was a British light cruiser lost in 1942 when it was torpedoed by the German U-boat U-559 during the Second World War. The ship sank off the coast of Crete, resulting in the loss of all 829 crew members, with no survivors; its wreck remains one of the deepest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, notable for its historical and archaeological significance.

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