Diving season well under way - first new wreck find
02 May 2011
After a harsh winter has kept us out of the water for longer than normal, the season is now well started and the dives are being piled in. In lovely oily calm conditions we've just had 2 dives on a newly discovered wreck 4-5 miles off Peterhead which we believe to be the WWII salvage vessel, Wrangler. Crockery gleamed in the fo'c'stle in our torch beams and I came across the telegraph pedestal pinned under a 2inch thick concrete slab, a cheap but effective way of armouring the bridge roof against enemy machine gun fire. Lovely swim through the Engine Room. Portholes are still much in situ along the side of the hull with all their brass deadlights hanging open - so I suspect she sank during daylight.
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