High Seas Fleet Salvage Sites Phase 2, Scapa Flow, Orkney
Date 3 July 2018 - 28 September 2018
Event ID 1171227
Category Recording
Type Remote Operated Vehicle Survey
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1171227
Side scan sonar data gathered during the phase 1 salvage sites project (2017) at the primary site of Konig Albert recorded a seabed depression in a WNW to ESE orientation left after the hull was recovered by Metal Industries by the beginning of August 1935. The sonar data identifies several large anomalies on the seabed consistent with salvage debris. These were inspected by drop video camera and identified as follows:
SS056 was a long tubular structure without external fittings interpreted as a samson post boom. This was overlain by a coal winch.
SS057 appeared to be the remains of a mast and spotting top most likely from the forward mast. The spotting top appeared to be crushed and lying upside down with just the floor still attached to a short (1-2m) section of mast protruding up off the seabed. SS058 was a diesel engine probably from a pinnace.
Information from ORCA and Sula Diving 2019
