Scottish Shipwrecks

Information and Pictures of Shipwrecks in Scotland

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VINTAGE VIEWS

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.

Clydesdale aground Lady Rock,  Argyll January 1905
Clynder - abbey Burnfoot Kirkcudbright, Solway December 1890
Clyro  ashore near Culzean, Ayrshire August 1935
Wreckage of Comet at Gourock, Clyde October 1825
Cormoran aground Kilchiaran Bay January 1926
Copeland -aground Stroma, Pentland Firth July 1888
Comte de Smet de Naeyer - Greenock, Upper Clyde
Coronella ashore at Troon, Clyde
Craigantlet - N of Portpatrick,  February 1982
Craigantlet - N of Portpatrick,  February 1982
Criscilla aground Sound of Islay, November 1931
Croma stranded Swona, Pentland Firth August 1889
Daily Mail  Portencorkie, Galloway May 1931
De Wadden ashore at Lendalfoot, Ayrshire
Dartmoor ashore at Torrylin, Arran December 1907
Destroyers G103 and G104 ashore on Cava, Scapa Flow June 1919
Dinnington aground on Swona, Fabruary 1906
Dunara Castle at Battery Park, Greenock August 1922
Dunira ashore near Portpatrick December 1913
Ecclefechan aground near Dunbar
Edenmore ashore on Papa Stronsay, Orkney October 1909
Eileen-M aground Mull of Oa, Islay January 1966
Elmbank wrecked at KIldonan, Arran January 1895
Elterwater stranded at South Carr Beacon August 1927
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