Editing Firth of Clyde (section)

===Shipwrecks===

[[File:MV Captayannis-May2023-Hassan Ghani.jpg|thumb|MV ''Captayannis'']]

[[Wreck diving|Shipwreck diving]] is a popular activity on the Firth, with many wreck sites to explore.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wreckspeditions.com/scuba-diving|title=Scuba Diving &#124; Wreckspeditions &#124; Clyde &#124; Scotland|website=Wreckspeditions}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freedom-diving.co.uk/firth-of-clyde|title=Dive Sites|website=Freedom Diving}}</ref>  Military wrecks have protection under the [[Protection of Military Remains Act 1986]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://marine.gov.scot/information/protected-places-and-controlled-sites-war-graves-designated-under-protection-military|title=Protected places and Controlled sites ("war graves") designated under The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 &#124; marine.gov.scot|website=marine.gov.scot}}</ref>

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* ''[[Enterprise, Steamlighter 1865|Enterprise]]'', 19 November 1882, collision then sank.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/enterprise/|title=Enterprise|date=10 January 2023|website=Scottish Shipwrecks}}</ref>
* ''[[Mary Anning, 1880|Mary Anning]]'', 23 January 1885, cargo steamship, collision and sank [[Tail of the Bank]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/mary-anning/|title=Mary Anning|date=14 August 2022|website=Scottish Shipwrecks}}</ref>
* ''[[Louise, 1870|Louise]]'', 3 February 1893, steam lighter, sank due to heavy seas [[Rothesay|Rothesay Bay]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/louise/|title=Louise|date=10 December 2019|website=Scottish Shipwrecks}}</ref>
* ''[[Valkyrie II]]'', collision and sank, 5 July 1895. 1893 competed in the eighth [[Americas Cup]] (lost).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://classicsailboats.org/g-l-watson-valkyrie-ii/|title=G.L. Watson VALKYRIE II|date=23 April 2023}}</ref>
* ''[[Wallachia Shipwreck|Wallachia]]'', 29 September 1895, sank after grounding in fog.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/wallachia/|title=Wallachia|date=17 February 2017|website=Scottish Shipwrecks}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/102476/wallachia-skelmorlie-bank-upper-firth-of-clyde|title=Wallachia: Skelmorlie Bank, Upper Firth Of Clyde &#124; Canmore|website=canmore.org.uk}}</ref>
* ''[[Champion, Wreck 1896|Champion]]'', steam paddle tug, 12 December 1896, collision then sank.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/champion/|title=Champion|date=11 August 2022|website=Scottish Shipwrecks}}</ref>
* ''[[Greenock, 1876|Greenock]]'', steam dredger, launched 4 November 1876, sank after collision 18 November 1902.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/greenock/|title=Greenock|date=17 February 2017|website=Scottish Shipwrecks}}</ref>
* [[HMS Seagull (1889)|HMS ''Seagull'']], sank after collision 30 September 1918.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/hms-seagull/|title=HMS Seagull|date=8 August 2022|website=Scottish Shipwrecks}}</ref>
* ''[[German submarine U-33 (1936)|U-33]]'', German submarine, attacked and sunk, south of Pladda, Arran, 12 February 1940.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/u-33/|title=U-33|date=8 December 2018|website=Scottish Shipwrecks}}</ref>
* ''[[Penola (yacht)|Penola]]'', collision and broke up 9 November 1940.  Off [[Toward]] point.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/penola/|title=Penola|date=15 January 2023|website=Scottish Shipwrecks}}</ref>
* [[HMS Adept, tug, 1941|HMS ''Adept'']], tug, 17 March 1942, grounded and sank, [[Sanda Island]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/adept/|title=HMS Adept|date=27 January 2024|website=Scottish Shipwrecks}}</ref>
* [[HMS Vandal|HMS ''Vandal'']], 24 February 1943, sunk in an accident.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/hms-vandal/|title=HMS Vandal|date=15 August 2022|website=Scottish Shipwrecks}}</ref>
* [[HMS Dasher (D37)|HMS ''Dasher'']], 27 March 1943, blew up and sank.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?389|title=HMS Dasher (D37) [+1943]|website=www.wrecksite.eu}}</ref>
* [[HMS Breda, 1912|HMS ''Breda'']], steam yacht, 18 February 1944, collision, then sank in [[Campbeltown Loch]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/hms-breda/|title=HMS Breda|date=21 March 2017|website=Scottish Shipwrecks}}</ref>
* [[HMS Sealion (72S)|HMS ''Sealion'']], 13 March 1946, used for target practice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/hms-sealion/|title=HMS Sealion|date=18 December 2019|website=Scottish Shipwrecks}}</ref>
* [[MV Akka|MV ''Akka'']], 4 April 1956, sank after grounding on [[the Gantocks]] rocks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?514|title=MV Akka [+1956]|website=www.wrecksite.eu}}</ref>
* [[MV Captayannis|MV ''Captayannis'']], 27 January 1974, [[Tail of the Bank]].  Known locally as the '''Sugar Boat'''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-45641159|title=Fifty years on, the story of the Sugar Boat shipwreck on the Clyde|date=14 October 2018|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
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====Salvaged wrecks====

[[File:HMSM Vitality FL22809.jpg|thumb|HMSM ''Vitality'', re ''Untamed'' FL22809]]

* ''[[PS Comet II|Comet II]]'', launched in 1821, collision and sank 21 October 1825, [[Marine salvage|salvaged]] 21 July 1826.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/comet-ii/|title=Comet II|date=9 January 2023|website=Scottish Shipwrecks}}</ref>
* [[HMS K13|HMS ''K13'']], submarine, sank 29 January 1917, salvaged 15 March 1917.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2022/january/31/20220131-k13-crew-are-remembered-at-hm-naval-base-clyde|title=K13 crew are remembered at HM Naval Base Clyde}}</ref>
* [[Russian cruiser Varyag (1899)|''Varyag'']], grounded and sank 5 February 1920, salvaged (scrapped where beached 1924 - 1926).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/varyag/|title=Varyag|date=13 April 2024|website=Scottish Shipwrecks}}</ref>
* [[French destroyer Maillé Brézé (1931)|''Maillé Brézé'']], 30 April 1931, Lost by accidental explosion.  Salvaged summer of 1954.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/maille-breze/|title=Maille Breze|date=3 October 2021|website=Scottish Shipwrecks}}</ref>
* [[HMS Untamed|HMS ''Untamed'']], submarine, sank 30 May 1943, salvaged 5 July 1943.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/hms-untamed/|title=HMS Untamed|date=12 April 2024|website=Scottish Shipwrecks}}</ref>

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