Diving the wreck of SMS Karlsruhe light cruiser, Scapa Flow
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
- The 510-feet long, 5354-tons Imperial German Navy High Seas Fleet light cruiser carried eight 5.9-inch guns along with deck and submerged torpedo tubes and 200 mines. She had a crew of 475 men and could make 28 knots.
She sank in Scapa Flow at 3.50pm on 21 June 1919 during the great scuttle of all 74 interned German warships.
She now rests on her starboard side in 26msw
Great dive with good subtitles pointing things out. Thank you 👍👌
Wow... Just stumbled upon your channel, impressive quality !
The context + layout of the wreck at the beginning of the vid is very helpful and so are the subtitles ! Thank you !
another good one...very cool look into the past...I dove her in 2001 (three days before 9/11). Would be a blast to drag my sentinel over and really spend some time in Scapa! Pubs in the evening....wrecks by day! Thanks, Andrew
Hi - the video footage was shot a couple of weeks ago, it’s just the wreck illustration that is as she was in the 1990’s - to make it easier for folk to understand what they are seeing. Glad the videos are bringing back fond Scapa memories for you!
Wonderful pics visibility is great, how deep is this?? I live in Washington state and it's rare to see like this in Puget Sound.
Hi Ron - Puget Sound is a famous place indeed!
The Karlsruhe is the shallowest of the 4 remaining cruisers, lying in about 26 metres of water. The average vis in Scapa is 30-50 feet, but on bad days with the plankton bloom it can be 5-feet! You pays your money, and takes your chance!