Side Scan Sonar Survey
Date 2013
Event ID 998543
Category Recording
Type Side Scan Sonar Survey
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/998543
58 49.63 N 3 10.514 W The site was assessed by side scan surveys using a winch-towed towfish following the survey methods outlined in Section 4.3 above. No contacts were found on or near to the target and as such the site was not dived.
No contacts were observed on the side scan image of the target and the
surrounding area.
Analysis
The target is noted as the salvage site of the SMS V45 destroyer. The wreck is recorded as having been successfully salvaged by Scapa Flow Salvage and Shipbreaking Co. in 1924. Interned at Scapa Flow with the majority of the German High Seas Fleet in November 1918, historical source record that the SMS V45 was scuttled on the 21st January 1919.
The area was surveyed as it was unclear whether any debris from the salvage remained in situ. Previous MBES survey data assessments of the site had noted a low mound in the area.
Information from Annalisa Christie, Kevin Heath and Mark Littlewood (ORCA) March 2014
