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ScapaMAP2: Marine Heritage Monitoring with High-Resolution Survey Tools, 2001-2006
Date 16 October 2006 - 20 October 2006
Event ID 1172547
Category Recording
Type Multi Beam Sonar Scan
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1172547
Multibeam sonar survey on board MV Anglia Sovereign recorded the remains of the light cruiser Sms Brummer of the German High Seas Fleet. All four light cruisers lie on their side and are immediately recognisable as warships. The Sms Brummer 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.
Comparison of data gathered in 2006 with data from 2001 suggests that there has been further deterioration to the bow section of the wreck of Sms Brummer. Observations in 2001 indicated that the port bow had started to collapse and plates to separate. In 2004 the forward gun collapsed to the seabed pulling the main deck outwards and dislodging several plates. In 2006, a tear in the hull structure extends from the bow itself back to the main area of deterioration following further loss of plating.
Information from Bobby Forbes (Sula Diving) 2006.
