Report: 'Scapa Flow 2013 Marine Archaeology Survey. Final Report'

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Description Report: 'Scapa Flow 2013 Marine Archaeology Survey. Final Report'

Date 8/2013 to 3/2014

Collection Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA)

Catalogue Number WP 005302

Category Digital Files (Non-image)

Copy of MS 7583

Scope and Content This report presents the outcomes of remote sensing surveys and archaeological diving expeditions within the important naval harbour of Scapa Flow, Orkney, commissioned by Historic Scotland. The investigations aimed to establish or confirm the identification, extent of survival, character and condition of around 25 known but mostly poorly recorded First and Second World War wreck sites and associated structures, and to ground-truth a limited sample of geophysical anomalies identified in previous studies. The condition of several high priority sites within Scapa Flow and at the Churchill Barriers was documented. Surveys of some of the foul ground areas around Gutter Sound identified the presence of a variety of wartime debris associated with the salvaging activities at Lyness. It has succerssfully demonstrated that the wreckage at these and other salvage sites (SMS Seydlitz and SMS Bayern) is extensive. It has successfully catalogued the blockships at the Churchill Barriers, correcting a number of errors reported by previous surveys. A new wreck - Clio II - was identified, (not to be confused with Clio I, sunk in Water Sound), and confirmed that the wreckage of the Rosewood is still present.

Accession Number 2014/37

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