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Evidence Of Loss
Date 1995
Event ID 588911
Category Recording
Type Evidence Of Loss
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/588911
Quality of fix = HF
Evidence = Estimated
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 59
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The submarine HMS VANDAL was lost while exercising in the Firth of Clyde in Inchmarnoch Water and Kilbrannan Sound, just after first commissioning. A smoke canister washed ashore off Loch Ranza, NW coast Isle of Arran.
Report by Naval History Branch.
Surveying Details
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2 February 1978. A wreck was located whilst minehunting in the general depth of 60 metres. Its dimensions - 20 metres (65 feet) long and 5.5 metres high. These measurements were determined by sonar. It is thought possibly to be the wreck of a submarine.
Report by HMS BRONNINGTON, 30 December 1977.
Note: possibly the wreck of HMS VANDAL - Wrecks Officer, but see also 55 43 47N, 005 22 25W.
13 May 1985. The site was not relocated during basic area sonar search. No further investigation was carried out and the given position was not disproved.
Report by HMS BEAGLE.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
