Sms B110: Gutter Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sms B110: 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 B110 was a German U-boat (U-110) captured by the British in 1917 during World War I and later scuttled in Scapa Flow on 21 June 1919 following the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. It was one of 52 ships deliberately sunk by its crew to prevent them from being handed over to the Allies; no lives were lost, and the wreck is now a protected historic site and popular dive location.