External Reference

Date May 2003

Event ID 585649

Category Documentary Reference

Type External Reference

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/585649

The remains of this aircraft lie in the Largs Channel just off Great Cumbrae and form a popular dive site. They lie on a soft muddy bottom in 22m depth of water and form a reef which attracts pollack, ling and conger.

The wreck has been monitored monthly over the past three years by twelve divers from the Midway Watersports Archaeology Group (Leeds). Deterioration (apparently at an increasing rate) has been noted over this period, and probably results from anchor damage, to which such light aluminium structures are inherently prone. In February 2003 the wing (lying E-W across the fuselage) was found to have moved so as to lie on its edge.

(The significance of this wreck is stressed and options for administrative protection and buoyage are considered. Detail photographs of the after bulkhead and a portion of the wing are reproduced).

Source: S Hunter and P Robertson in Nautical Archaeology [NAS newsletter], 2003.2 (May 2003), 1-2.