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High Seas Fleet Salvage Sites Phase 2, Scapa Flow, Orkney
Date 14 July 2018 - 28 September 2018
Event ID 1171666
Category Recording
Type Remote Operated Vehicle Survey
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1171666
Remote video inspection of anomalies detected in the phase 1 salvage sites project (2017) identified remains of Sms Grosser Kurfurst, left on the seabed after the vessel was towed away from the primary salvage site. The remains comprised a searchlight platform and surrounding miscellaneous wreckage including a long section of buried tube that may have been a section of mast. North west of this is an area of extensive wreckage, including the forward mast complete with splinter-proof spotting top and control tower. Lower down this mast is a smaller crow’s nest compartment corresponding to archive plans for SMS Grosser Kurfürst. A large area of wreckage present at the base of the mast includes the remains of searchlight platforms, control mechanisms, a searchlight base and bridge structure. An extensive trail of cables led from the base of the mast into the wreckage nearby. Thee was also a coal hatch in the vicinity of the forward mast and what appeared to be a small diesel engine on the seabed alongside.
Information from ORCA Marine, University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute and SULA Diving January 2019
