mlc
August 31, 2006 at 5:31 pm

Wellington in the Med

I have just been having a sort out and came across some old copies of Aeroplane Monthly. In the June 1996 edition,it shows a remarkably complete Wellington at the bottom of the Med, with plans to recover it.

Did anything ever come of this??

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By: 25deg south - 2nd September 2006 at 12:39

Hi Mlc .
The thing that worries me is that these wrecks often look far better on the floor than what they are found to be on being brought to the surface. Also, as you have brought to our attention, that imagery is now over 10 years old. What has happened in the interim I wonder?
The Army dropped explosives all around the probable Beaufort in Lough Neagh!

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By: mlc - 2nd September 2006 at 11:17

Thanks, found it. Would seem to be in better condition than the Loch Ness Wimpey was.

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By: 25deg south - 1st September 2006 at 18:03

This is the same carcass that was under discussion on this site a couple of weeks back, when there was some confusion from a forumite between its astrodome and a fictional turret.
Imagery of this wreck was on the website of an underwater archeological interest group. If you check back on my and JDK’s recent utterances here on this topic you should find it.

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By: Charlielima5 - 31st August 2006 at 21:34

Not as far as I know…..there was also a Vickers Viking found underwater too (unless this was the same discovery) but nothing more happened with that either.