Breda: this vessel was bombed, beached, and finally sunk under tow in Ardmucknish Bay. Capt. Fooy. Registration: Rotterdam. Built 1921. 6941grt. Length: 121m.
SS Breda was a Dutch cargo-passenger ship sunk in Scotland during World War ... She was quickly taken under tow, and beached in shallow water in Ardmucknish Bay.
The Breda was heavily salvaged during the 1960s and '70s but still remains an impressive wreck. She sits upright on the gently sloping seabed of Ardmucknish Bay ...
This wreck is one the largest and most intact coastal wrecks in the whole of Scotland! The surrounding hills and archipelago of islands affords it natural ...
On 23 December 1940 SS Breda was one of the convoy ships at anchor in the Firth of Lorn. She was laden with a wide variety of goods, on route to the Indian ...
Today is the 82nd anniversary of the Breda sinking in Ardmucknish Bay. Bombed while waiting, to start a convoy to India, in the Oban roads.
For a diver more interested in marine life than wreckage, the hull of the Breda is a dive by itself. The entire length of the deck is covered in collapsed masts ...
Oct 6, 2020 · These amazing images are of the SS Breda shipwreck in Ardmucknish Bay, near Benderloch, Argyll, not far from our lab.