Sms S138: Gutter Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sms S138: 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 S138 was a German torpedo boat (Type 1913) scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21 June 1919 following the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet after World War I. It was one of 52 ships deliberately sunk by its crew to prevent capture; no lives were lost, and it holds historical significance as part of the largest scuttling of warships in history.