WRECK of the HMS Port Napier

OVERVIEW

STAR RATING: 3 star

SIZE: 9,600 gross tons

BUILT: Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, 1940

DIMENSIONS :

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 sun has risen over the hill

TIDES: None

SEABED: Very silty, easily disturbed

LAUNCH SITE: Kyleakin or Kyle of Lochalsh slipway

DESCRIPTION

The HMS Port Napier is a much loved dive which can be visited on the way to or from your expedition with us. Like all vessels of its era it is becoming quite structurally unstable but it offers the drama of a larger vessel. Visibility is variable due to the build of silt at this site which lies in a sheltered location close to the port of Kyle of Lochalsh and aquaculture sites nearby. Lying in sheltered water it can be dived most days.

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