The sinking of the Ardrossan steam trawler Ethel Crawford sparked a three month search covering 1,000 square miles of the Clyde estuary in April 1945. The trawler had been fishing 5 miles south west of Ailsa Craig on the 20 April when she was blown in half by a German magnetic mine, killing all ten crew. Less than a month later, … [Read more...]
Clyro @ Culzean
A recent visit to Culzean Country Park provided me with an opportunity to re-visit the site of a shipwreck just south of the famous and ever popular Culzean Castle. I first stumbled across the wreck in the late 70's when on a field trip from Glasgow School of Art. Since then we have visited the wreck on a number of occasions, mainly by boat, but it … [Read more...]
Dive Dunoon
Dive and Dunoon sit well together, not sure which way round but I will leave it there. A recent dive on the wreck of the paddle tug Champion got me thinking about some of the other vessels that have come to grief off this bustling west coast town. In the late 19th century Dunoon was a busy holiday resort jam packed with holiday makers in the summer … [Read more...]
Dive Oban 2022
There is a certain ‘anticipation’ in the run up to a dive trip, and this one was no different, would the weather play ball, how mega would the visibility be underwater, and as I had just serviced the outboard…..would it survive the weekend. So we gathered in Oban on the Friday afternoon and made our way to Puffin Divers to book the boat in for two … [Read more...]
Clyde – new additions
A few new additions to the Clyde area include - PS Champion, Comte de Smet de Naeyer, Kathleen/Stromboli collision, HMS Laverock, SS Linnet, SS Raith, PS Redguantlet and HMS Vandal. We plan to move round the coast in next few months with additions to areas further north and east and will keep you updated as we go. … [Read more...]
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