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Type: A 3995gt 444ft x 61ft Twin Screw Diesel liner
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Wreck Information : She was enroute from Bathurst, West Africa, to Liverpool with 350 French troops on board and was bombed by German aircraft when between Rathlin Island and Maiden's Rock. Wreckage lies on both sides of the reef running N/S off Cara Island. The majority lies to the west of the reef and the engine block breaks surface at mid-tide in calm conditions. The wreckage lies in 4 to 10 metres of water so close to the reef as to be considered part of it.
Report by P J Moir, 4 March 1992.
Harbour / slip:
Parking
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Distance from harbour:
Lat / Long: 55 37 42N, 005 45 19W, on rocks at Cara Island South of the Isle of Gigha.
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Depth: 4 to 10m
Tides: Tides
Diveshop: C&C Marine Services
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Other comments: She is well broken up and the conditions need to be right to dive her.
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Created by: Finstrokes
Date: 25/3/09
Thanks To: Canmore Database
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