Hms Hampshire: Birsay Bay, Atlantic

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Hms Hampshire: Birsay Bay, Atlantic as Cruiser (20th Century)-(1916). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

HMS Hampshire was a British light cruiser that was lost on 5 June 1916 in Birsay Bay, off the Orkney Islands, when it struck a mine laid by the German U-boat U-29. The ship was carrying General Sir John Jellicoe, the recently appointed Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, who was among the 616 lives lost; only 31 crew members survived. The wreck is considered historically significant due to the high-profile casualties and its association with World War I naval history.