Akka
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Akka
hit ground south of Dunoon 9.April 1956 under a journey from
Öxelsund to Glasgow loaded with iron ore. The captain on
board had 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 expected. The engine was turned off, 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 had to abandoned ship, and five
minutes after she capsized and disappeared in the deep. In
1956 the bridge was blown of the wreck to open up the
passage for merchant shipping, and the wreck rest
today on her keel on a depth of 30 to 40 meter on the west
side of Dunoon Bank.
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 Picture: Akka Originally from skovheim.org |
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