Sms S136: Gutter Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sms S136: 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 S136 was a German destroyer scuttled in Scapa Flow, Orkney, on 21 June 1919 during the internment of the German High Seas Fleet after World War I. It was one of 52 ships deliberately sunk by its crew to prevent capture, with no reported loss of life; its wreck remains a significant archaeological site linked to post-war naval history.