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the wreck of the ‘HMS Port Napier’
| STAR RATING : |
3 star |
| SIZE : |
9,600 gross tons |
| BUILT : |
Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson (Newcastle) 1940 |
| DIMENSIONS : |
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| SANK : |
September 27th 1940 |
| CAUSE : |
Engine room fire / explosion / sank |
| LOCATION : |
Loch nam Bieste. Kyle of Lochalsh. |
| WRECK DEPTH : |
0 to 20 metres |
| CONDITIONS : |
Best dived when the sun has risen over the hill |
| TIDES : |
none |
| SEABED : |
Silty, easily disturbed |
| LAUNCH SITE : |
Kyleakin or Kyle of Lochalsh slipway |
| VESSELS HISTORY : |
«download» |
| WRECK AT PRESENT : |
«download» |
| MAGAZINE FEATURE : |
‘Port Napier wreck tour’ – Diver : February 2000 : p42-44
Also features in many of the other Magazine reviews about diving with us. |
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