High Seas Fleet Salvage Sites Phase 2, Scapa Flow, Orkney
Date 28 July 2017 - 6 November 2018
Event ID 1171004
Category Recording
Type Diver Inspection
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A shallow depression orientated in a WNW to ESE direction appears in side scan and multibeam sonar data at the primary salvage site of Sms Derfflinger. The following sidescan contacts from the salvage sites phase 1 project at the north west side of the site were ground-truthed by divers or remote video in November 2018. The remains probably originate from the initial blasting of the tripod and aft masts following the raising of Derfflinger from the seabed in July 1939. SS050 was the forward tripod mast, with remains of searchlight platforms; two legs; third leg and spotting top missing. SS051 was interpreted as the Derfflinger aft mast and spotting top, as well as the missing third leg from the forward tripod mast.
Information from ORCA Marine, University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute and SULA Diving January 2019
