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 ...
SS Breda was a Dutch cargo-passenger ship sunk in Scotland during World War II. Front and back view of a light brown toothbrush.
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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 ...
The vessel was sunk by air attack. The site was drift swept clear at 5.1 metres but fouled the sweep at 6 metres. The least depth by echosounder was 7.9 metres.
She was taken in tow, into the safety of Ardmucknish Bay, and beached, while efforts were made to salvage her cargo. A storm blew up and the wind and tide took ...
Jun 29, 2022 · The Breda easily qualifies as Scotland's most-dived wreck, and it is not hard to see why. It is reasonably intact, conveniently located near ...
Captain Fooy aware that his ship was sinking fast elected to beach his ship on a sandbar which rises to 6 metres in Ardmucknish Bay. The crew all abandoned ship ...
On Christmas Eve 1940, the Dutch vessel Breda was bombed during a German air raid on Oban roads, while in convoy from London to Mombasa and Bombay.