Almost 100 years before this picture was taken in April 2019 the steam ship Wasa caught fire off Colonsay in May 1920. A nearby Fleetwood trawler was able to rescue 24 of the 28 aboard and towed the burning Wasa to Colonsay where she was beached at Balnahard (Tràigh Bàn). Today only parts of the keel held together by various iron bolts as well as some other metal parts remain. Washed up fishing nets are getting caught on the bolts.
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Good morning with the seventh and last picture in this week’s series from Islay’s neighbour, the wreck of the SS Wasa on Balnahard beach, Is
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Wreck of the SS Wasa on Balnahard beach (2), Isle of ColonsayA view of the remains of the SS Wasa on Balnahard beach in the north of Colonsay
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