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Seasoned British diver and Tyneside BSAC chairman, Richard Booth, 48, reports on the wonders of the Isle of Islay off the west coast of Scotland in this month's GB Dives.
Seasoned British diver and Tyneside BSAC chairman, Richard Booth, 48, reports on the wonders of the Isle of Islay off the west coast of Scotland in this month's GB Dives. Qualifying as a BSAC third class diver in 1976 while at Stonyhurst College in North Yorkshire, he completed his open water dives in local quarries and the nearby River Ribble. Since then he has dived all over the world, including the entire length of the Red Sea, the Maldives, Galápagos, Cocos, Papua New Guinea and South Africa.
SS Otranto The loss of the Otranto is perhaps one
of the more tragic episodes in Islay’s shipwreck history.
MV Wyre Majestic The Wyre Majestic, a 338-ton trawler, ran aground on the rocks at Rubha a Mhill, close to the Bunnahabhain distillery in the Sound of Islay
Steam Puffer John Strachan This wreck of a small steam-powered puffer lies among the treacherous rocks and reefs, just off the Ardbeg distillery on the southeast of the island.
SS Floristan The SS Floristan was wrecked on the west coast of Islay while en route from Manchester to Freetown in Sierra Leone.
Paddle Steamer Islay III This steamer was wrecked on 15 July 1902 while on the final stage of her regular passage between Glasgow and Port Ellen.
