The Avondale Park

Type: 2,878-ton steamship

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Wreck Information:  The Avondale Park had gained the dubious honour of having become the last merchant ship to be sunk by a U-boat.       

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Chart: just off the Isle of May

Depth:  25 fathoms

Tides:  Tide Tables 3 hours after HW/LW

Diveboat:    Dive Safari    Marinequest 

Diveshop:  Aquastars     Edinburgh dive centre

Accommodation:     The Harbourside       Marinequest                                 

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Other comments:  At 11:03pm, less than an hour before the official surrender of the germans, the Avondale Park was just off the Isle of May. Suddenly another vessel in the convoy, the Norwegian vessel Sneland 1, exploded in flames, struck by a torpedo fired by a German U-boat. A minute later the Avondale Park too was hit. She began listing heavily to starboard and sank within two minutes in 25 fathoms of water.

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Created by:  John Nicolson           

Date:  10/6/07                                 

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