SS Tapti
Type: steel motor vessel
Picture:
The Tapti on eilean soa rocks
Wreck
Information: Sank 17th January 1953 after running aground in Gunna Sound on the south tip of Coll between the two islands whilst it was bound for Newcastle in ballast from Irwell following a dramatic rescue operation by the Maillaig and the Barra Island lifeboats. She was a steel motor vessel of 6,609 tons now lying close to rocks with minimal tidal flow but broken into four parts. A sheltered dive except in a southerly wind. The wreck is now well broken up but the bow is still recognisable and after more than 50 years she has become a stunning and colourful sight which has become a haven for marine life
Harbour / slip:
Travel & Parking
directions: Lochaline follow the A82 Glasgow to Fort William road as far as the turnoff marked 'Corran Ferry', 8 miles south west of Fort William. As you leave the ferry, turn left onto the A861 following the signs for Strontian. Turn left off the A861 just before Strontian for the A884, signposted to Lochaline Carpark Lochaline pier Oban - end of pier or leaving oban heading north on the steep hill to the right is a free car park takes 10 mins to walk back to the pier.
Distance from
harbour:
Lat & Long: 56° 33' 40"N 06° 37' 51"W
Chart:
Depth: 15 - 23m
Tides:
Diveboat: The silver swift
Diveshop: Loch Aline dive centre The puffin dive centre
Accommodation: Loch Aline dive centre, Tobermory B+B
Other comments: Sunk on the south of Coll the wreck is well brocken up but still recognisable as a ship
Wreck diagram:
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