Scottish Shipwrecks

Information and Pictures of Shipwrecks in Scotland

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This section contains photographs of the wrecked vessels around the Scottish coast. The photographs, mainly in black and white and taken at the time of the vessel‘s loss, have been gathered through forty years of research and are mainly therefore out of copyright. If we have reproduced a copyrighted photograph in error without the necessary permissions we apologise and will immediately remove any that might infringe any current copyright restrictions. While the photographs record the vessel’s plight at the time of their loss and, as such, are a valuable historical record the decisions made about their possible recovery or scrapping on site were made by the salvage experts of the time and always were dependent on the prevailing weather conditions after the wrecking. In many cases the details of the wreck and it’s salvage, or not if that was the case, will be described in the detailed narrative section of the website and can be followed up there by searching for the vessel name in the search box at the top of our home page.

Bettina Danica ashore at Mell Head, Stroma February 1993
Bisco 9 ashore at Kildonald Point, Kintyre September 1950
Blairbeg ashore on Sanda, Kintyre June 1935
Bombardier ashore West Tarbet Bay, Galloway May 1908
Braconmoor stranded on Hoy, Orkney January 1930
Braer ashore near Sumburgh Head, Shetland January 1993
HMS Breda stranded in Campbeltown Loch February 1944
Bridesmaid stranded near Port Askaig, Islay December 1948
Brigadier ashore On Horse Island, Ardrossan October 1960
Brightside aground at Collieston September 1949
Byron-Darnton breaking up off Sanda, Kintyre 1946
Belmont ashore on Horseback Rocks, Peterhead January 1928
Camlough ashore in Monreith Bay, Solway January 1932
Cantabria ashore in Ayr Bay November 1928
Captayannis aground off Greenock January 1974
Carency ashore Greenigoe near Wick June 1957
Carmania II aground off Hoy, Orkney February 1929
Celtic stranded Bay of Skaill, Orkney August 1907
Chingford ashore Kilminning Sands, Crail December 1924
Chevalier 1 aground at Barmore Island, Loch Fyne March 1927
City of Osaka, Cruden Scares, Aberdeenshire September 1930
Chusan ashore outside Ardrossan harbour October 1874
Clan McQuarrie ashore Isle of Lewis January 1953
Claremorris March Point Galloway December 1924
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