General Consul.
A Danish cargo steamer that caught fire and was beached on the east coast of Coll in 1914. Her wreckage is scattered down a steep boulder slope, with substantial sections of hull, the boilers and the condenser still visible.
What's down there.
- Boilers and condenser at about 15 m
- Substantial sections of hull plating
- Wreckage scattered down a steep boulder slope
- Shallow wreckage from 5–6 m
Wreckage runs down a steep boulder slope from about 5–6 m to the boilers and condenser at about 15 m.
Shallow site on the more sheltered east side of Coll. The sources describe no tidal or visibility detail. Its depth suits divers of all levels in suitable weather.
How it got there.
Steel cargo steamer launched as 'Ada' on 10 December 1901 by John Crown & Sons of Sunderland and completed in January 1902. She was 250.5 ft (about 76 m) long and 1,457 gross tons (866 net), with a triple-expansion engine by MacColl & Pollock of Sunderland. She was renamed 'Svendborg' in 1905 under P. M. Møller of Svendborg, then 'Generalconsul Elissejeff' in 1908 under Dansk Dampselskab Rossia of Copenhagen. She left Liverpool on 20 February 1914 for Stettin with a general cargo, including burnt ore and agricultural machinery. Fire broke out in the forecastle, and when the crew could not control it she was beached on the east coast of Coll on 21 February 1914. The cargo and non-ferrous fittings were salvaged after the Second World War.
4 dives.
From the reconstructed log — the dates follow the pattern I dived, so read them as representative rather than exact.