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.

Stassa - Rodel Bay, Harris, July 1966
HMS Success stranded at Kingsbarns, Fife December 1914
Strathelliot stranded on Taing of Selwick, Orkney October 1952
SS Tennessee  ashore Roane Bay, Deerness - Orkney Islands May 1940
Tapti aground Soa, Coll January 1951
Truda ground in Kirkcudbright Bay February 1903
Tyrconnel ashore at Portpatrick, Galloway December 1894
Vanderbyl ashore at Isle of Whithorn, Solway December 1879
Varyag ashore at Burnfoot, Solway
Thyra stranded near Duncansby Head June 1914
Zafiris aground near Mull of Galloway November 1965
Varyag ashore at Lendalfoot, Ayrshire February 1920
Veni  aground Balach Rocks, Islay January 1948
Wyre Majestic ashore in Sound of  Islay October 1974
Ponce de Lyon aground on Gantock Rocks February 1946
Auchmountain Wreck off Greenock. Sank in explosion September 1892
Baron Vernon aground near Langbank May 1923
Daphne capsized after launch July 1883
Kaffir aground off Ayr Harbour sank May 1923
HMS Dasher sinking March 1943
Christina Dawn aground Ardeer, Irvine April 1949
Kyle Skye aground Arran October 1940
HMS Dasher sinking off Arran March 1943
HMS Campania sinking in Forth November 1918
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