Type:   Clyde puffer, 27 tons

Picture:

Wreck Information: She foundered in August 1948 on route from Furnace to the Kyles of Bute

Parking directions:   At the harbour  Google

Distance from harbour:   Tarbert 8 miles Largs  31 Miles

Lat & Long: N55.84309 W5.29181   The ship is about 4.3 miles south east fromTarbert.

Chart:

Depth:   41m

Tides:     Tide tables

Diveboat:  Fyne pioneer     Little Blue

Diveshop:    None close to here.

Accommodation: 

The Moorings 01880 820 756

Springside 01880 820 413

West Loch Park (log cabins) 01880 820 873

Columba Hotel 01880 820 808

The Corner House 01880 820 263 

Suggested experience: Master diver due to depth and viz

Other comments: The wreck sits upright and is classified as iron steamship, date of loss cited as 7 January 1877. The site is exposed and only suitable for experienced divers. The ship is pretty much intacked, the hold contains road stone, the engine housing is still in place and through the engine room door you can see the boiler. There is a little shack on the deck which contains the toilet and resident conger. There is some trawl net on the bow. 

Pub:   Tarbert

Created by:  John Nicolson

Date: 10/5/07

Thanks To: Fyne-diving for dive information and pictures

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