Imbat: Gutter Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Imbat: Gutter Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney as Motor Drifter (20th Century)-(1941), Requisitioned Steam Drifter (20th Century)-(1941). 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.

The *Imbat* was a motor drifter requisitioned by the Royal Navy during World War II and renamed HMS *Imbat*. It was lost in 1941 in Gutter Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney, likely due to enemy action, and its loss contributed to the broader wartime significance of Scapa Flow as a strategic naval base.