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Kintyre Dives

I've dived the "Kintyre" 8 times:

Dive number	Date	Site	Location	Area	Country	Wreck	Freshwater	Depth (m)	Bottom time (min)	Total time (min)	Divers	Quality	Summary	Equipment
156	2 Oct 1983	Kintyre	Wemyss Bay	Clyde	Scotland			38	12	25	Iain Hosking, Geoff Hide		Conditions marginal for this one. Current 1.5 knots on the surface, wind force 5, sea state 5. Geoff and I followed the sewage pipe out from the shore for about 200 yards without it dipping any deeper than 10m. At last it plunged into the depths, and stopped at 30m. We turned right and swam through the murk (vis 10-12 ft and dark) till we bashed into the ship. Swam down to bridge and back up to bows. Ship intact but wooden deck rotted. Hellish snorkel back. [Rates 5 stars for being memorable and for the sense of achievement we felt.]	own
166	1 Apr 1984	Kintyre	Wemyss Bay	Clyde	Scotland			40	11	15	Iain Hosking, Mike Weitzner		Far better as a boat dive! Warm, calm and sunny. Found by echosounding and grappling. Down line to bridge at 38m. Swam round bridge and forward hold, found lead pipe, brass pipe and various valves and stuff (left in situ). Bows at 30m, plates missing and covered with plumose anemones. Beautiful! A lovely day.	own, except Rollo's twin 55s and 4lbs less weight.
194	15 Jul 1984	Kintyre	Wemyss Bay	Clyde	Scotland			40	11	11	Iain Hosking, Keith Chidwick, Stuart Vance		Warm, sunny day, wind NW 3. Dived at 3pm, 1 hour after HW Greenock. Threesome with Keith and Stuart. Down line to starboard side opposite winch and swam all round superstructure. Very clear - 30ft at least. Found a large conger and a porthole with glass and clamp screw. Female cuckoo wrasse and pollack. Ace dive. Ridley's transits are not exact.	own, twin 55s, 24lbs. 100 ats used.
244	18 Aug 1985	Kintyre	Wemyss Bay	Clyde	Scotland			44	7	10	Iain Hosking, Geoff Hide		Actually only 'Very near the Kintyre'. Very overcast day with plenty of rain. Dived at 10 to 3, 40 minutes after HW Girvan. Surface layer very peaty to 5m - below this surprisingly clear. Pity there was no wreck - the grapple had pulled out. Surfaced to try again later.	own
245	18 Aug 1985	Kintyre	Wemyss Bay	Clyde	Scotland			36	10	12	Iain Hosking, Geoff Hide		Grappled again, found the wreck and others dived it. Geoff and I had time only to fold up the grapple and take it off the wreck before surfacing to do stops. Oh well.	own
254	21 Sep 1985	Kintyre	Wemyss Bay	Clyde	Scotland			36	14	16	Iain Hosking, Bill Brysland		Launched from the Watersports Centre, Cumbrae. 45 minute boat trip into a northerly force 3. The wreck showed up clearly on the echosounder and we hooked in on the first pass at 40m. On the wreck found the grapple was across the superstructure and on the starboard side. Swam up to bows at 30m and back down again. Decorative carved karzis by the bridge. Engine visible - two large upright cylinders. Vis good for this wreck, weather not.	own - John's watch. Boat - Avon 520 + Yamaha 30.
265	9 Nov 1985	Kintyre	Wemyss Bay	Clyde	Scotland			40	11	13	Iain Hosking, Adrian Roddam		Spent ages looking for the 'Wallachia' but the echosounder died and the transits weren't good enough to grapple successfully, so we went for plan B. While looking for the 'Kintyre' we were hit by a snow squall. All worth it, though, because Adrian and I actually found the wreck. We saw a lot of it - bogs, bows, winches, boiler, engine and resident conger, or ling. Very dark, but a good dive.	own
298	1 Sep 1986	Kintyre	Wemyss Bay	Clyde	Scotland			38	11	13	Iain Hosking, Ross Butler		Found wreck on second pass with grapple despite u/s echosounder. Surface layer very murky so pitch black at depth. Saw winch in front of aft hold, superstructure, boiler, bows, anchor. Ace dive. Rough.