What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sms V81 [final Location]: Sinclair's Bay, North Sea as Destroyer (20th Century)-(1922). 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 V81 was a German WWI destroyer (Type V99) that was scuttled in 1919 following the Armistice, later broken up, with remnants ending up in Sinclair's Bay, North Sea. It had no recorded lives lost at the time of its final sinking, and its significance lies in its association with the post-war disposal of the German High Seas Fleet.
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Places near here
Castle GirnigoeCastle (15th Century) · 1.6 mi
Castle Sinclair GirnigoeCastle · 1.6 mi
Black PointNaust (period Unassigned) · 1.8 mi
Noss HeadBuilding (period Unassigned) · 1.8 mi
Osterhav: Sinclair's Bay, North SeaSteamship (20th Century) · 1.9 mi
Ackergillshore, Old Lifeboat House and SlipwayLifeboat Station (19th Century), Slipway (19th Century) · 1.9 mi
AckergillHut Circle (prehistoric), Midden (period Unassigned) · 1.9 mi
Ackergill and Hempriggs Estates War MemorialMemorial · 3.4 mi
Dr. John Alexander MemorialMemorial · 4.0 mi
World's Shortest StreetHeritage attraction · 4.0 mi
Old Fog CannonHeritage attraction · 4.1 mi