Nevada II.
A Second World War supply ship that ran ashore in fog on the Rubha Mor peninsula of Coll in 1942, laden with NAAFI and government stores. The hull has collapsed and lies between the shore and a reef, with boilers, stern gear and scattered cargo, including vehicle parts, still on the seabed.
What's down there.
- Collapsed hull lying parallel to the shore
- Boilers
- Stern gear rising to about 10 m
- Scattered cargo, including vehicle parts
- Corrugated asbestos sheeting (do not disturb)
Bow in about 3 m at low water; stern at about 15–16 m, with stern gear rising to about 10 m.
Very exposed to wind and swell from the west and north, so it needs settled weather. Tidal movement is not a problem at the site. Shallow enough for divers of all levels in good conditions.
How it got there.
Steel steamship built by Bremer Vulkan at Vegesack, Germany, as 'Rovuma' for the Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie of Hamburg. She was about 126 m long (420.2 ft) and 5,693 gross tons. The Compagnie Générale Transatlantique of Paris bought her in 1922 and renamed her 'Nevada'. In 1940 the British Ministry of War Transport took her over as 'Nevada II', with Paddy Henderson as managers. She left Southend on 10 July 1942 for Bathurst in West Africa, carrying government and NAAFI stores and some commercial cargo. On 19 July 1942 she ran ashore in dense fog on the north side of Rubha Mor, Coll, after a navigational error. The crew got safely ashore. Salvors worked on her in 1942–43, 1957 and 1968–69.
4 dives.
From the reconstructed log — the dates follow the pattern I dived, so read them as representative rather than exact.