Recent additions to the Argyll section of the website include HMS Jason, SS Nessmore, SS Pelican, SS Milewater, SS Nydalen, SS Luneda, SS Limelight, MV Kartli and the puffer John Strachan along with new shipwreck views of the MV Mobeka and SS Byron Darnton. All these can be found in the Argyll section or by typing in wreck name in the search … [Read more...]
West Coast War Casualties
A rare sight indeed, a close up of Ardnave Point on Islay from the bridge of a 7016 grt cargo liner. We have just updated the page on the loss of the Rothesay Castle which now includes pictures of the vessel ashore. The pictures were taken in June 1940 when the wreck was visited by representatives of W.H. Arnott Young, ship breakers based in … [Read more...]
Photo album records Dalmuir ship breaking past
In November we were approached by the grandson of the former owner of the Glasgow ship breaking company of W. H. Arnott Young. Graced with the same name as his grandfather, W. Sloan Smith, he has unearthed an old company photo album which records some of the work undertaken by the company from the early 1940’s to the latter part of the 1950’s. … [Read more...]
New website feature goes live
We have added a new section to the website, and it's up and running. It goes by the highly original title of GALLERY which will allow us to store all our visual media in one area. So if you don’t want to read for a while, you can sit back and browse through a number of sections looking a different aspects of Scotland’s shipwrecks through … [Read more...]
ScottishShipwrecks 500+
During August we managed to break the 500 barrier for the number of shipwrecks included in the website, although this represents a drop in the ocean compared to the total number of recorded shipwrecks around Scotlands coastline. The first 500 have focused on wrecks with known locations, that have in most cases been visited by divers, and are … [Read more...]
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