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Wreck of SS Fernside dived twice. Located approximately 6 miles off Stonehaven on the NE coast of Scotland at a depth of approximately 60m.  SS Fernside is a 117 feet long collier which had set out on 26 February 1942 from Hartlepool bound for Wick with a cargo of coal. Her whereabouts remained unknown for almost 60 years until she was stumbled upon by divers from Aberdeen in 2007.  Believed to have been sunk by German aircraft, lying on an even keel the damage to her is extensive suggesting a fast sinking.  There were no survivors.

 

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