The MV Captayannis was a Greek sugar-carrying vessel that sank in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland in 1974. Filmed on a Phantom 4 drone from 1.5 miles away.
Thank you for posting.My Greek family lived in Helensburgh at this time.I was eleven years old and remember my father getting a phone call from the Vale of Leven hospital to help as an interpreter for a young Greek seaman.He had lost a limb and my father had to phone his young wife in Athens to give her the bad news.Everytime I see this ship I think about them and wonder how their life worked out?My poor father was so upset and worried about him.He visited him more than once.
I am Greek and lived in Scotland for so long but never knew that this wreck belongs to a Greek ship. Thank you for sharing this very nice video with us. Great work as per usually.
Great work! I remember when it was on the news and me and my mates from Finch Road walked up to the Lyle Hill to have a look. I always wanted to check it out up close,but never got around to it. It's 11: 24 pm Hogmanay night here in Canada. Thanks for journey and the memories.
seen this wreck many times when I was younger and lived in Greenock / Langbank and always wanted to get close to it. Awesome footage - pitty the sun was in the wrong place for you to show off the deck of the Captayannis. Thanks for taking the risk to show us this
Glad you enjoyed it Peter. Yes the camera struggled with the direct sunlight, I might try another shoot with the pro version of the same drone. Thanks for watching.
I hope you do - I have seen a few vids of this ship but yours is one of the best by far. I forgot that my Mom worked for this shipping company that this vessel belonged to and she remembers coming into the office and it being full of the crew.
Thanks Peter, always good to hear some of the history relating to the shipwreck, thanks for sharing that info. I wonder what your Mum would think of the pinned comment at the top of this section.
Lovely, well shot 👍 the ship rests at the mouth of the River Clyde (estuary) a couple of hundred meters before the coastal waters of the Firth of Clyde
i have traveled passed this wreck all my life ,always wondered what she looked like.i have a phantom 4 but not got the confidence to flight it out of my sight.
If you find the confidence I dont recommend flying as close to the wreck as I did, I was getting magnetic interference warnings on the compass when I was close to the hull, at one point I lost all control but luckily the P4 eventually responded, plus the gulls/seabirds swooping for a closer look. Thanks for subscribing.
Absolutely fascinating. Always wondered what it was like up close. Drones are amazing. Do you think that youtube have an algorithm just to put a thumbs down to make you try harder or something? Who the hell would thumbs down that?? Thanks for filming. ATB 👍😀
Thanks, it was a difficult shoot, I was having all sorts of issues due to magnetic interference from the ship's hull, was glad to make it back to dry land safely.
It’s amazing to see it up close like this! My husband is from Greenock (I’m American) and I fly drones for real estate footage and pictures. I’d love to fly in Scotland, but don’t want to unless I have permission and know what the laws regarding it are there. Could you steer me in the right direction for that information please?
Thanks Rebecca, the drone code can be found on the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) website, it's like your FAA. From 30th November this year the law changed and we now have to register our drones and pass an online theory test before flying, I'm not sure how this affects tourists? I made another video of the shipwreck this year, hope you enjoy. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_C60VPZjImk.html
One time I was in a taxi I pointed out the vessel turns out the driver of the taxi was a crewman of the ship and the captain got 5 years in jail this is why I respect taxi drivers
