What is recorded here
SMS Karlsruhe is shown as a wreck on the public map of Orkney Islands. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
SMS Karlsruhe was a German light cruiser sunk during World War I on October 26, 1914, in the Battle of the Dogger Bank after being struck by a British torpedo. The wreck lies off the Orkney Islands; 18 crew members were killed, and the loss marked an early setback for the German High Seas Fleet.
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