Oban Lifeboat responds to dive emergency in the Sound of Mull

The divers had been diving on the wreck of the Rondo which sank in January 1935 after its anchor chain snapped during a storm which drove the ship onto the rocks at Dearg Sgeir just off Salen.

Oban Lifeboat arrived on scene at 11:32am. The divers were suspected of having decompression sickness following a rapid ascent as the result of an emergency whilst underwater and were therefore taken back to Oban on board the lifeboat. Upon arrival back in Oban the divers were taken by a waiting ambulance for further treatment. The lifeboat was refuelled and ready for service at 1:50pm

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