Type: Cargo Vessel/ Steamship 826 Ton.

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Wreck Information:  There is a permanent shot to the river garry which is fixed just behind the boilers (they are big and stand a good 3/4m tall) so are the first thing you see at about 15m on the descent. Watch out for lobbie pot lines which are strung our across the wreck. These can be a little confusing as the line crosses the shot line and could lead divers away from the wreck in low viz. She sank in 1881 and was carrying 1650 tons of household coal.

Parking directions:   Google

Distance from harbour:  Dunbar  3.5 Miles      The radar ranges were; Torness 1.47 miles, Barnes Ness 1.05 miles.

Lat & Long:  N55 59.836 W2 25.067  1.3 miles off Barns Ness light.

Chart:    Admiralty Chart 175, Fife Ness to St Abbs Head.

Depth: The least echosounder depth was 25 in a general depth of 28 metres

Tides:   Tide tables    2 hours 30 minutes after high or low water at Eyemouth. There is a depression which protects the wreck from the strong currents in this area, so it can be dived at almost any state of tide.

Diveboat:    Divesafariscotland     Marinequest 

Dive Shop:    Aquastars  Edinburgh dive centre  FYM

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Suggested experience:   Sport diver

Other comments:  This wreck is spread over a large area and structures can be seen on the echo sounder a considerable distance away. The main structure lies in a bowl-shaped depression on a flat rock and gravel seabed. There are piles of plating behind the engine, with a length of prop shaft disappearing beneath the plate; large holes/gaps in this plating expose voids which have sections of pipe and fittings intact. There are still large sections of pipe work; some brass and copper and lengths of steel pipe are to be found in the jumble behind and around the engine. The boiler is intact with some fire bars still inside; there is some corrosion on the casing and large boiler plates lying at the forward end.

Created by:   John Nicolson 

Date:  7/7/07

Thanks To:   John C for additional information

Underwater photos:   By Mike Clark

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