What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sms B109 [secondary Location]: Gutter Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney as Destroyer (20th Century)-(1919). 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.
SMS B109 was a German U-boat (U-109) scuttled in Scapa Flow, Orkney, on 21 June 1919 during the scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet. It was one of 52 ships deliberately sunk by the German crew under order from Admiral Reinhard Scheer, with no reported loss of life; its wreck remains a significant historical and archaeological site in Scottish waters.
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Places near here
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