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Once again our two Zodiacs were loaded up with kit and divers and were zipping across Loch Alsh. When we got to the rocky promontory the route of the cable was clearly marked by a large yellow Power Cable Marker sign erected on the rocks. We rounded the point into a sheltered spot of water and dropped our anchors about 25 feet off the rocks.

Dropping over the side, I was immediately in about 10 metres of water and my dive buddy and myself let ourselves sink slowly to the bottom. Getting a compass bearing out into deeper water we started finning down a slowly shelving seabed, covered in shells and large rocks.

Gradually I began to see evidence of several ships having been moored in this area - for the seabed became increasingly littered with all manner of bottles, crockery and rubbish that appeared to date back to the Second World War. I realised that this was an ideal place for an anchorage for small vessels, a sheltered spot protected from northerly and westerly winds, which are the prevailing winds for this area. Perhaps that would explain why a wreck lay on the bottom in this exact location amidst this sort of debris.