''Glen Strathallan'' was a British ship originally built as a trawler, but then converted into a private yacht, which also served in the Royal Navy in World War II. She was finally scuttled in 1970 at
Plymouth Sound
Plymouth Sound, or locally just The Sound, is a deep inlet or sound in the English Channel near Plymouth in England.
Description
Its southwest and southeast corners are Penlee Point in Cornwall and Wembury Point in Devon, a distance of abou ...
, England as a
diver training
Diver training is the set of processes through which a person learns the necessary and desirable skills to safely dive underwater within the scope of the diver training standard relevant to the specific training programme. Most diver training ...
site.
Ship history
The ship was built in 1928 by
Cochrane & Sons
Cochrane Shipbuilders was a shipbuilder at Selby.
History
Founded by Andrew Cochrane at Beverley, England in 1884, establishing Cochrane & Sons in 1896. The ship building company moved to Selby in 1898. During the World War II, Second World War t ...
of
Selby
Selby is a market town and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England, south of York on the River Ouse, with a population at the 2011 census of 14,731.
The town was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until ...
,
Yorkshire
Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other English counties, functions have ...
, as a steam fishing trawler and registered at Glasgow as F/V ''Glen Strathallan'' (GW.15). Unfortunately, the company that ordered her went bankrupt before she was completed, so she was bought by Robert Alfred Colby Cubbin,
who spent £30,000 converting her into a yacht under the same name, registered at Douglas, Isle of Man.
On the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, ''Glen Strathallan'' was requisitioned by the Royal Navy. As the Armed Yacht HMS ''Glen Strathallan'' (FY–010) she served as an anti-submarine vessel until late 1945.
Returned to Colby Cubbin, she was used for cruises between the Isle of Man and Scotland until his death in 1955. Under the terms of his will she then served as the training ship T/S ''Glen Strathallan''
at King Edward VII Nautical College,
training future officers of the Merchant Navy until 1970.
The elderly ship had her main engine removed (it was acquired by the Science museum and was on display at the Science Museum (London), Science Museum in London from 1978 until 2004. It now resides in the museum's storage facility) and she was scuttled about 200 yards from the Shagstone on 27 April 1970. Intended to be used as a diver training site, she was sunk in shallow water, but soon found to be obstructing the entrance to the port and was dispersed using explosives.
The remains currently sit in of water south of the Plymouth breakwater at . The wreck is considerably broken up, but the boilers remain and are currently home to a number of conger eels.
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1928 ships
Shipwrecks in the English Channel
Wreck diving sites in England
Ships sunk as dive sites
Ships built in Selby
Maritime incidents in 1970
1970 in England
1928 in England
Auxiliary ships of the Royal Navy