
5,693 ton steel steamship
carrying a cargo of army vehicles, foodstuff and supplies for the troops
in West
Africa, being part of a World War 2 convoy,
and prior to eventually sinking
her luxury goods were salvaged especially by the locals who must have thought
all their Christmas's had come at once.
Position: LAT 56° 41' 26" LONG 06° 29' 38".
Depth: 16m.
SUNK
19th July 1942 when it was caught in fog and wedged solid on the rocks just
east of Rubha Mor headland at the north west side of Coll. Whilst on the
rocks the crew scrambled ashore and prior to being further damaged by the
weather and sinking down the side of the cliff.
DIVING
Whilst the superstructure is very broken up the wreckage tumbles down the
cliff, her boilers and hull are fairly intact with scattered cargo still
to be seen. Launch: Oban; Lochaline; Tobermory.