Submerged

High above the stormy sea on Marwick Head, five miles east of Dounby in Orkney, stands a lonely crenallated tower built by public subscription to honour the memory of Lord Kitchener who was lost in June 1916, when the cruiser H.M.S. Hampshire sank nearby.

A wonderfull panorama (photo Peter Rowlands) In the latter part of the Second World War hundreds of Italian prisoners were housed at Camp 60 on Lambholm, in Orkney. Most of these prisoners had been captured in the North African campaign and sent to

Scapa Flow, the largest and most godforsaken of all the harbours ever used by the Royal Navy, is the scene of one of the most extraordinary naval episodes in history - the scuttling of an entire German High Seas battle

Scapa Flow is the resting place of the entire World War One German High Seas fleet, which scuttled itself in the last moments of the war. This Special Report provides an overview of how the scuttling came about, and

The V83 belonged to the V67 class of destroyers (told you it was confusing). She was 269 ft long, 27 ft in the beam, had a top speed of 34 knots and a complement of 85 officers and men. The V83 was launched on 10th

Halfway through 1918 it was obvious to all that Germany had lost the War, and its Navy in particular, was almost fatally crippled with low morale and disaffection. An earlier attempt to confront the British Grand Fleet

It was August 1914 before the Admiralty at last approved the defences for Scapa Flow. St Margaret's Hope became a subsidiary base, which employed as many as two thousand men to do the work. The first submarine obstructions

If you go just about as far north as you can go by car, and then take a two hour ferry ride, you will end up in the Orkney Islands. Beautiful and rugged, the islands cover an area of some 1200 square miles of wild

Like a huge sea monster, the vast iron hull of the German battleship Konig suddenly appeared out of the gloom as we swam down the shot rope towards her. I knew that the Konig was going to be a large wreck, but even

On the 21st November 1918 the German High Sea's Fleet formally surrendered to the British Navy and were interned at Britain's largest and bleakest anchorage, Scapa Flow. Amongst the fleet of captive ships was the light

Of all the wrecks that I dived on in Scapa Flow the Brummer remains my favourite. It certainly is not the biggest, but for sheer dive sensation I believe that it typifies what it is like to dive on these fantastic wrecks. Built

S54 was one of the S49 class of destroyers, and really very similar in size, speed and armament to the V83. She was launched on 11 October 1915 and when she tried to scuttle she was boarded, and they managed to beach

The Kronprinz Willhelm was one of four Konig class battleships and was 575 ft in length, nearly 97 ft in the beam, and had a draught of just over 30 ft. her top speed was around 24 knots, and when she was involved in

The Karlsruhe was one of four Konigsberg (ii) class of Light cruisers, and should not be confused with the Karlsruhe Light Cruiser class of which there were two one being named the Karlsruhe. She was sunk on 4th November

Scapa Flow, the largest and most godforsaken of all the harbours ever used by the Royal Navy, is the scene of one of the most extraordinary naval episodes in history - the scuttling of an entire German High Seas battle

iThe Dressden was one of the Coln class of Light Cruisers, laid down in Kiel in 1916 and launched on 24th Arpil 1917. This class was an improved version of the Konigsberg class, and were the start of an ambitious programme