Description

The monument comprises the remains of a jet-powered boat named 'Crusader', located on the bed of Loch Ness, approximately 520m southeast of Achnahannet settlement.

The vessel was a trimaran design built in aluminium, wood and fabric and 10m long by 4m wide. It was purpose-built to attempt waterborne world speed records. The monument survives as wreckage and a wider debris field on the bed of Loch Ness, following a catastrophic and fatal accident on 29 September 1952. The pilot, John Cobb, a World Land Speed Record holder, was killed as a result of the accident and is buried in the graveyard of Christ Church, Esher, Surrey.

The scheduled area is rectangular, measuring 300m by 200m and includes the remains described above and an area around within which evidence relating to the vessel's construction, use and loss is expected to survive on and below the surface sediment, as shown in red on the accompanying map. 

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance as the remains of the speedboat 'Crusader'. The monument is unique as an example of the efforts of mid-twentieth century record-breaking attempts in Scotland, and also has the potential to contribute to our understand of the broader history of Loch Ness. Cobb's death in this attempt is a part of the national consciousness.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Canmore

https://canmore.org.uk/site/273460/

HER/SMR Reference

MHG32122

Source: Historic Environment Scotland