Ub-116: Sound of Hoxa, Scapa Flow, Orkney

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ub-116: Sound of Hoxa, Scapa Flow, Orkney as Submarine (first World War)-(1918). 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.

The UB-116 was a German Type UB III submarine that was scuttled in Scapa Flow, Orkney, on 21 June 1919, following the end of the First World War. It was one of 52 German U-boats deliberately sunk by their crews to prevent capture after the Armistice. The wreck is historically significant as part of the largest scuttling of a fleet in naval history and is protected under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.