What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sms S54 [secondary Location]: Quoy Ness, Flotta, Scapa Flow, Orkney as Destroyer (20th Century) - (20th Century) (1916)-(1920), Motor Torpedo Boat (20th Century) - (20th Century) (1916)-(1920). 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 S54 was a German torpedo boat (Schnellboot) that was scuttled at Scapa Flow, Orkney, on 21 June 1919 during the post-World War I internment of the German High Seas Fleet. It was one of 52 ships deliberately sunk by its crew to prevent capture; no lives were lost, and the wreck remains a protected historic site.
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Places near here
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