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the wreck of the ‘HMS Port Napier’ | STAR RATING : | 3 star | | SIZE : | 9,600 gross tons | | BUILT : | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson (Newcastle) 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 the sun has risen over the hill | | TIDES : | none | | SEABED : | Silty, easily disturbed | | LAUNCH SITE : | Kyleakin or Kyle of Lochalsh slipway | | VESSELS HISTORY : | «download» | | WRECK AT PRESENT : | «download» | | MAGAZINE FEATURE : | ‘Port Napier wreck tour’ – Diver : February 2000 : p42-44 Also features in many of the other Magazine reviews about diving with us. | |