Sms Kronprinz Wilhelm: Cava Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sms Kronprinz Wilhelm: Cava Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney as Battleship (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 Kronprinz Wilhelm was a German battleship scuttled in Scapa Flow, Orkney, on 21 June 1919 by its crew to prevent capture after World War I. It was part of the German High Seas Fleet and remains a significant historical wreck, reflecting the events of the post-war internment and scuttling.