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ScapaMAP2: Marine Heritage Monitoring with High-Resolution Survey Tools, 2001-2006
Date 16 October 2006 - 20 October 2006
Event ID 1172544
Category Recording
Type Multi Beam Sonar Scan
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1172544
Multibeam sonar survey on board MV Anglia Sovereign recorded the remains of the light cruiser Sms Koln of the German High Seas Fleet. All four light cruisers lie on their sides and are immediately recognisable as warships. The Sms Koln lies on her starboard side. On all four light cruiser wrecks, extensive salvage has taken place in the area of the engine rooms to remove non-ferrous metals. The sections fore and aft of the engine room remain relatively intact.
Significant changes to the wrecks are observed in the 2006 sonar data compared with ScapaMap data from 2001. On Sms Koln, inspection by diver video survey of an area of the bow observed in the ScapaMap 2001 project identified an increased overall area of corrosion, reduction in plating coverage and collapse of supporting structure as well as separation of plates due to settlement of the hull resulting in loss of marine growth protection and apparent corrosion.
Information from Bobby Forbes (Sula Diving) 2006.
