Evidence Of Loss
Date 1995
Event ID 608625
Category Recording
Type Evidence Of Loss
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/608625
Quality of fix = EDM
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 9
Orientation of keel/wreck = 010/190
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The steam yacht, HMS BREDA, was beached after a collision with a submarine in Campbeltown Loch. She was purchased by the Admiralty in 1939 as a convoy leader. She was later converted to submarine tender in 1940.
Surveying Details
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28 September 1964. The wreck was dispersed a number of years ago and a certain amount of wreckage remains.
Report by HMS SHACKELTON, 22 August 1958.
3 Match 1981. The wreck was examined on 13 September 1980 at 55 24 56N, 005 34 58W. The site was close sounded - the least depth was 1.3 metres in a general depth of 7 to 9 metres. The vessel is lying intact with its keel on an orientation of 010/190 degrees. The site was not swept due the the wreck's proximity to the shoreline. The vessel's length is 78 metres and beam 20 metres.
Report by HMS HERALD.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.