The Invergordon Archive

There were three attempts at salvage of the wreck and its contents in the 1920s and 30s. I don't know if this photo was taken during salvage operations but it was clearly after some salvage had taken place and must therefore be 1926 or later.

I remember whilst I was a pupil at Newhall primary being taken to Balblair pier to watch the wreck being blown up for the final time - this I think was round about 1968ish. The explosion was something to a child of 6 or so years of age as I remember it seems as though it was just yesterday that it took place.

My great-uncle, Albert (Bertie) Coles, was a stoker on the Natal when it was sunk. His wife, Alice, had died the week before the Natal sunk and Bertie died, leaving their infant daughter an orphan.

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