Sms Karlsruhe: Bring Deeps, Scapa Flow, Orkney

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sms Karlsruhe: Bring Deeps, Scapa Flow, Orkney as Cruiser (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 *Karlsruhe* was a German light cruiser lost in Scapa Flow, Orkney, in 1919 following the scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet by its own crew to prevent capture after World War I. The wreck is part of a historically significant fleet of sunken warships that remains largely intact in Scottish waters.