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29 August 2010 The tragedy of SS Greenawn |
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The SS Greenawn left London on her fateful final voyage in March 1941 bound for the Scottish port of Invergordon with a cargo of cement in bags. She was last seen passing Montrose and then simply disappeared. There was no distress call, no survivors or wreckage ever found. At a subsequent Admiralty Board of Enquiry she was listed as "Missing - presumed bombed". And that is how she remains listed to this day.
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22 August 2010 SS Cushendall |
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We pitched up at Stonehaven harbour today expecting to have to call off the planned dive 5 miles out due to marginal sea conditions. Offshore we could see white crests breaking atop a large swell. Trust in the forecast I thought. This is as bad as it will be - it can only get better....
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The glorious Sound of Mull, the Rondo, SS Hispania, SS Thesis & SS Shuna |
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Awesome weekend's diving just been had in the Sound of Mull - the greatest air diving location in Scotland outside of Scapa Flow. After a long period diving trimix only it was faintly nostalgic to be back diving on air on the fantastic wrecks there.
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We flashed out from Gourdon in Stonehaven Diver last night to catch the 2000hrs slack water on the MS Taurus - perhaps one of the most beautiful wrecks on this coast, a sleek, 4000 ton cargo liner sunk in an air attack whilst passing down the east coast of Scotland in convoy during WW II.
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In beautiful conditions yesterday evening we flashed the 4 miles offshore in our RIB to dive the wreck of our old favourite, the SS Gowrie - which was bombed and sunk by German planes based in Norway in the early years of WW II.
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6 June 2010 Mystery Wreck Remains a Mystery. |
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After last weekend's diving plans were blown out by strong North Sea winds and heavy seas we were out again today 5 miles off Inverbervie in a Force 4 to try and identify the uncharted wreck of a big Strath Class steam trawler rammed and sunk in WWII whilst minesweeping.
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What a scorcher of a weekend it has been - the diveboats have been out on force from Stonehaven.
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17 May 2010 Baku Standard |
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In beautiful flat, shimmery calm conditions yesterday we returned to the wreck of the WW I tanker Baku Standard torpedoed 5 miles offshore from Gourdon.
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It has been the hardest Scottish winter in many years - and our exposed north east section of the rugged North Sea coastline has been undiveable offshore since December.
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26 April 2010 Baku Standard |
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In fine topside conditions, yesterday we managed to dive the wreck of the tanker Baku Standard which was torpedoed in 1917, 5 miles off the north-east coast of Scotland.
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