Akka
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Akka
hit ground south of Dunoon 9.April 1956. Captain Sundin
decided to change course when they sailed up through Firth
of Clyde to avoid the reefs at Gantock Rocks, but
discovered that the ship responded much slower than he
thought. The engine was quickly shut down, but she drifted
further towards the reefs and at 9:26 she hit ground.
Almost half the hull from the bow and towards mid ship was
ripped open. The crew went to the lifeboats, and five
minutes after they hit ground, she capsized and
disappeared in the deep. She was on a journey from
Öxelsund to Glasgow loaded with iron ore, and had a crew
of 33 men. The wreck rest on her keel on a depth of 30 to
40 meter on the west side of Dunoon Bank. In 1956 the
bridge was blown of the wreck to open up the passage.
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 Picture: Akka originally from skovheim.org 
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