Akka Wreck

Surveying Details

H2647/56 13.4.56 SUNK ON SW CORNER DUNOON BANK IN ABOUT 12FMS. TWO MASTS VISIBLE. WILL BE MARKED BY LIGHT BUOY. (LL & R.N.O. CLYDE). INS AS DW (MAST) WITH G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G IN 555642N, 045421W. - NM 1061/56. H2647/56 2.7.56 BUOY NOW NE. (RNO CLYDE). - NM 1689/56. H2647/56 5.9.56 SALVAGE & DISPERSAL OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS. (CLYDE LIGHTHOUSES TRUST NM 30.8.56). H2647/56 SALVAGE & DISPERSAL OPERATIONS CARRIED OUT. (CLYDE LIGHTHOUSES). H2647/56 3.12.57 WK REMOVED. AMENDED TO FOUL AREA AND BUOY DELETED. - NM 2855/57 & 2978/57. H2647/56 14.12.61 POSSIBLE LEAST DEPTH OF 4.5FMS OVER BRIDGE OF WK REPORTED. (CAPT I/C CLYDE). AMEND TO DW WITH G CAN LT BUOY. - NM 2657/61. H2647/56 19.9.62 TWO BOAT DRAG SWEEP. CLEAR 46FT, FOUL 47FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50FT IN 100FT. WK STILL IN ONE PIECE LYING ON VERY EDGE OF DUNOON BANK IN 150/330 DEGREE DIRECTION. (HMS SHACKLETON 24.7.62). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT. RETAIN BUOY. - NM 2032/62. H2647/56 18.1.63 WK PERMANENTLY MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.5S. (NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSES BOARD, 20.12.62). - NM 1566/63. H338/64 18.2.64 AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT WITH G CONL BUOY. (CLYDE LIGHTHOUSES NM). - NM 353/65. H715/67 14.3.67 DIVERS OBTAINED LEAST DEPTHS BY LEAD LINE EACH SECTION OF SUPERSTRUCTURE & TYPICAL DEPTHS IN EACH WELL DECK. WK NOT SWEPT BUT DIVERS SATISFIED THAT THERE WAS NO OBSTRUCTION EXISTED SHOALER THAN 50FT REDUCED. THE WK SANK BOWS SOUTH NOT BOWS NORTH. WK IS IN ONE PIECE LYING ON THE EDGE OF THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE DUNOON BANK NEARLY UPRIGHT & ON A LINE OF 155/335DEGS. LEAST DEPTHS: BOWS 51FT, BRIDGE 50FT, POOP 60FT. WEATHER GOOD. SEA FLAT CALM. GENERAL DEPTH 90-140FT. SEABED SAND MUD STONES & SHELL. NO SCOUR. (HMS VIDAL, ROS DTD 2.12.66). H4495/63 12.9.67 AMEND TO WK 8FMS 2FT. (HMS VIDAL). BR STD. 10.5.74 AMEND TO DWP 15.3MTRS WITH WK BUOY. NC 1994. 6.4.82 DESCRIBED AS WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE BLOWN OFF. (BSAC WK REGISTER VOL III). H4065/85 19.2.87 EXAM'D 3.7.86 IN 555643N, 045420W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.1 IN GEN DEPTH 27-30MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT GREATER THAN 6MTRS. LENGTH 150MTRS, BEAM 50MTRS. LYING 160/340DEGS, WITH BOWS SSE. COVERED WITH SHOALS OF FISH. LEAST DEPTH DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN WITH CERTAINTY USING E/S. (HMS HECLA, HI 322). DCS3 TRACE INDICATES SEPARATE WKGE W OF WK, PROBABLY SUPERSTRUCTURE DUMPED AFTER SALVAGE OPS. AMEND TO DWP 14.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. - NM 742/87. 25.7.06 WK IS LARGEST DIVEABLE WRECK FOR SPORT DIVERS IN THE FIRTH OF CLYDE. INTACT UP TO THE LADDERS LEADING UP TO THE BRIDGE. THE TWO UPPERMOST LEVELS OF THE BRIDGE HAVE BEEN REMOVED BY WIRE DRAGGING. PROP HAS ALSO BEEN RECOVERED. LARGE SHOALS OF FISH AND ANEMONES INHABIT THE WK. (DIVER MAGAZINE, JUL'06) 25.3.13 [WGD] POSN: 5556.712N, 0454.404W.