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Type: Liner converted into an auxiliary aircraft carrier 
Wreck Information: HMS Campania served with the admiralty right up until November 5, 1918 - just six days before the armistice was signed, when she was involved in an accident in the Firth of Forth during high winds. The battle cruiser HMS Glorious had been blown from her anchorage, and at 3.45 am, her ram bow smashed into Campania, causing her to sink slowly by the stern. A few hours later an explosion - presumed to be a boiler - sent her to the bottom. Because of the shallowness of the water, she was considered a danger to shipping and destroyed by explosives in 1923. The wreck site today remains one of historical importance, and came under the jurisdiction of the Protection of Wrecks Act on 1 December 2001 Cargo: None Travel & Parking directions: parking ok at all harbours is good, Burntisland, Granton, South Queensferry
Distance from harbour: Burntisland, Granton, South Queensferry Lat & Long: N56.03889 W3.22278 N56.04028 W3.22466 Chart: Admiralty SC734/ Imray C27 Depth: 18m Tides: . Tide tables Dive boat: Divebunker Divesafariscotland Marinequest Dive Shop: Aquastars Edinburgh dive centre FYM Divebunker Accommodation: Suggested experience: Sport diver and above Other comments: Dive on high neap tides when there has been no Easterlies. Vis variable 1 -3m, must be dived on small tides, with periods of low rainfall and low winds, very silty seabed Created by: Stewart Russell Date: 1/5/07 Revision: 2 Thanks To: Stevie Adams for pictures and info Links: Link Link Underwater photos: Contact me Wreck diagram: 
Dive Report: Regthing, Aug 07 We headed off for the Campania. Once we where there we found ourselves being closely monitored by some local seals. After seeing previous reports of diving this wreck I wasn't expecting the viz to be that great but was more hopefully after what we had on the Archer. Stephen and I where the last down again and just as had entered the water one of the woman from the center surfaced and shouted over that one of the seals had buzzed the wreck and kicked up a lot of silt. We descended the line and instantly could see that the visibility was a lot worse. My fins actually hit a bit of plate sticking up behind me before I seen any of the wreck. Once we where there we where treated to another fine display of white and orange being tiptoed over by crabs. Again it was our job to fold up the grapple. By this stage I could no longer see Stephen as yet again he was leading and was looking for the grapple, I followed the line as it snaked through some plates but I ended up in a cloud of silt. The visibility at this point was so bad that I couldn't even read my computer with the backlight on . The awareness that I could easily be in an overhead situation struck me so I gave a three tugs on the line and got three back from Stephen so I headed back out of the cloud and waited for Stephen, when he re-emergered I signaled to head back up.
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