John's Wreck Page

Pleased faces of Maurice and John after the recovery of the bell of the Heimdall, a wreck in 56m of the west coast of Westray.

This wreck was found by John after a local fisherman from westray (Jock Ward) reported that he had been fishing the site for lobsters for a few years but curiosity had gotten the better of him in that he wanted to know what it was.

Research by Kev Heath unearthed the possibility of it being the Tosto, previously known as the Heimdall, I think that the find confirmed all of this to all.

This is a list of wrecks that John has found/dived over the years, it is ongoing and more are being located this year, not all have been dived yet but all are definately found and available, fancy a dive on an unknown, now is the time as in a few years all will have been looked at.

HMS Hampshire	65m	1983
HMS King Edward VII	115m	1997
HMS Pheasant	85m	1995
Freesia	40m	1996
Svinta	75m	1996
Daghestan	62m	1994
Giralda	64m	1999
Tosto	56m	1998
U-18	70m	2000
Freighter	74m	2000
Clan Mckinlay	75m	2000

In addition to the above wrecks we have also dived 5 unknowns off the east coast of Scotland in 48-75m and 4 unknowns undived but found in Orkney waters.


U-18 at the Pentland Skerries in 75m water	Sound fisher (Polperro) in 72m off Wick

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