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Unknown: Rysa Little, Scapa Flow, Orkney
Salvage Debris (20th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Rysa Little, Scapa Flow, Orkney
Classification Salvage Debris (20th Century)
Canmore ID 377680
Site Number ND39NW 8155
NGR ND 31190 98789
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/377680
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Maritime - Orkney
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
Side Scan Sonar Survey (4 April 2017)
Side scan sonar data gathered in 2017 identified anomalies connected to the salvage of the German High Seas Fleet and breaking activities by Metal Industries Ltd on the east side of Rysa Little. Anomalies were inspected by diver survey.
All locations given to UTM 30 N (WGS84 datum).
X: 488782; Y 6525747. Aft mast with degraded spotting top. Brass recess for wooden topmast.
X: 488757; Y 6525698. Top searchlight platform, boom arm, samson post and lower searchlight platform from a Kaiser class battleship possibly from SMS Konig Albert. A coal winch to the south of this.
X: 488767; Y 6525642. Samson post, remains of searchlight and deck mounted winch from a Kaiser class battleship possibly SMS Konig Albert
Information from ORCA Marine, University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute and SULA Diving April 2017
Multi Beam Sonar Scan (January 2017)
Diver inspection (date uncertain) and multibeam sonar survey in January 2017 recorded remains of ‘site G’ at this location, comprising the remains of a Samson post, a pair of searchlight platforms and derricks. The design of the samson post indicates that initial clearance of underhanging debris from a Kaiser Class battleship took place at this site, by Metal Industries.
I. McCartney 2019
