In the Scottish islands of Orkney, the waters of Scapa Flow hide more than 150 wrecks – from German World War I battleships to a Spitfire. The eerie world is one divers can explore. As we sat on board ...
Led by Dr Joanne Porter of Heriot-Watt University, 12 divers from Seasearch, the volunteer dive project co-ordinated by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) were diving in Orkney from the MV Halton, ...
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In WWI, the German navy tried to sink 74 warships. More than a century later, this is what became of them, 45m below the surface
Scapa Flow, in the Scottish Orkney Islands, is reputed to be among the world’s best wreck diving for both its remarkable ...
• Read about the museums shortlisted for the Art Fund Museum of the Year 2023 here When Nick Hewitt takes people around Scapa Flow Museum, he likes to say “that the history of the world was shaped ...
History sometimes gives old objects an unexpected second life. In the summer of 1919, a remarkable event unfolded beneath the waters of Scapa Flow, a sheltered body of water in Scotland's Orkney ...
Experts have called for special protection environmental for Scapa Flow off Orkney where the German fleet was scuttled in 1919. Joanne Porter, an associate professor at Heriot-Watt university, and Dr ...
The first image generated of a scuttled German battleship at Scapa Flow after a multibeam echosounder survey has been released. The Markgraf was among dozens of ships from the German High Seas Fleet ...
In total, 52 of the 74 interned vessels sank (Picture: SWNS.COM) Today, 21 June, marks 100 years since the Scapa Flow scuttling – the day 52 German warships were sank in one day. It was the single ...
After Germany was defeated in the First World War, 74 of its warships were confined at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands pending a decision on their future. On 21 June 1919 German Rear Admiral Ludwig ...
The remains of vessels are scattered in Burra Sound at Scapa Flow A new sub-sea survey of Scapa Flow at Orkney has mapped 18 important historic wrecks. Historic Scotland commissioned sonar surveys of ...
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. One hundred years ago, on 5 June 1916, the British field marshall, Lord ...
A previously undocumented German wreck has been discovered in Scapa Flow. The vessel is believed to be a pinnace - a small boat which would have acted as a supply boat for larger ships. It is likely ...
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