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SS Politician whisky wreck, Sound of Eriskay
Wreck beach Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Nails and fittings
Wreck timberPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), NPS photo (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Cargo steamer wrecked 4 February 1941 with about 264,000 bottles of whisky
The Politician ran aground off Eriskay carrying 22,000 cases of whisky; islanders famously took thousands of cases and divers recovered further bottles in 1987 and 1990. The stern section still lies in the sound and occasionally yields intact bottles.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
shifting sand buries the wreckTidal flow in the sound, remote location
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