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Side Scan Sonar Survey
Date 2013
Event ID 998544
Category Recording
Type Side Scan Sonar Survey
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/998544
58 49.6914 N 3 10.611 W The site was assessed by side scan surveys. No contacts were found on or near to the target and as such the site was not dived.
Analysis
The target is noted as the salvage site of the SMS S131 destroyer. The wreck is recorded as having been successfully salvaged by Scapa Flow Salvage and Shipbreaking Co. in 1924. Launched on 3rd March 1917 and interned at Scapa Flow with the majority of the German High Seas Fleet in November 1918, historical source record that the SMS S131 was scuttled in 1919 with the rest of the Fleet.
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
