Scapa Flow 2017 survey by the Sea War Museum Jutland
Date January 2017
Event ID 1172004
Category Recording
Type Multi Beam Sonar Scan
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1172004
Diver inspection (date uncertain) and multibeam sonar survey in January 2017 recorded debris associated with the salvage of Sms Seydlitz at this location by Cox and Danks in 1928. The remains comprise dispersed wreckage from the ship’s superstructure including an 88m anti-aircraft gun with another partially buried gun nearby, and a crow’s nest probably from the forward mast. There is also evidence, particularly at the southern side of the wreck, of the salvage operations, including a concrete filled boiler, used to stabilize the wreck, and a feature which looks like a portion of a torpedo boat (possibly G38), also used to stabilize the wreck, or it could be a portion of the ship’s double bottom discarded during operations to open the hull up to recover coal and steel.
I.McCartney 2019
