Dive in Orkney Isles

The F2 was a German Second World War escort vessel (similar to a destroyer). She was built at the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel in 1936. This 75m long vessel sunk in 1946. This is a good second dive.At about 45m off the starboard of the F2 is a barge with an anti aircraft guns inside.

The Gobernador Bories was a steamer built in 1882 in West Hartlepool. She sanl in 1915.More broken than the Doyle, the Gobernador Bories is covered in kelp and makes a good second dive.

The James Barrie was a 40m long steam trawler that sunk 29 march 1969.

The SMS Brummer was a 140m long Bremse class vessel. It was built at Stettin by A.G. Vulcan and launched on 11 December 1915.She lies on her starboard side at 36m deep.

The SMS C?ln was built in Hamburg by Blohm & Voss and launched in 1916. It was a sistership of the Dresden light cruiser. The boat was scuttled on 21st June 1919.This 5600 ton light cruiser is 155.5m long! It is quite impossible to dive the entire wreck in a single dive. The penetration is easy due…

The SMS Dresden was a light cuiser class vessel. She was built at Kiel and launched April 1917. She was attacked by a British submarine and sunk in August 1917.The wreck of the Dresden lies in 35 metres of water on her portside.The Dresden was name-ship for the Dresden II class, and rests on her…

The SMS Karlsruhe was a Konigsberg II class light cruiser of 150m long. She was completed by Laiserliches Werft in January 1916 at Wilhelmshaven, and sank on 21st June 1919.The SMS Karlsruhe is the shallowest of the High Seas Fleet, lying on her starboard in 26 metres with a minimum depth of 12…

The Kronprinz Wilhelm was 177m long Koenig class vessel. She was launched on 21st Feb 1914 at the Germania Yard in Kiel. She sank on 21st June 1919.She lays nearly upside down in 38 meters of water. The highest point of her upturned keel is about 12 metres from the surface.

The Koenig is a 145m long vessel, built at Wilhelmshaven in 1913 and 1914. She sank on 21st June 1919. She lays upside down in 40m of water. Her keel is at 20 metres.

SMS Markgraf was a battleship of the Kaiserliche Marine, the German Imperial Navy.She was the third of four K?nig class battleship built, weighing 25,388 tons and having a length of 175 m, 30 m at the beam and a draft of 9 m. She was powered by three turbines developing 46,000 hp (34 MW) each…

The Tabarka is a 20m long wreck. She was build in 1909 in Rotterdam, and sank in 1944.She lays amongst kelp forests. It's a great second dive.

The V83 Destroyer is a Torpedo-boat destroyer, V 67-84 class, built by A.G. Vulcan at Hamburg during 1916. She sank on 21st June 1919.She is a shallow Scapa wreck. She lies in two parts. The bows is in 8 metres and stern in 16 metres. She is a good second dive.