List of shipwrecks

Shipwrecks
Orkney’s seabed is littered with shipwrecks of all shapes and sizes, from simple fishing boats to
the remaining warships from the scuttled German Fleet. Many were victims of bad weather, poor
navigation, the two world wars, accidents or just plain bad luck.
This is by no means a comprehensive list and only takes in those in the Scapa Flow area. Some
of the losses warrant more information than is covered in this brief table. Those which appear in
Bold are featured in more detail on the website.
Name Travel from/to Date Location Outcome
BETTY GREGG Voyage from
Archangel to
New York.
BETTY From Riga to
PEACE &
PLENTY
Liverpool
Baltic to
Liverpool
COALITION Memel to
Liverpool
25/01/1763 Driven ashore at
Cairston, near
Stromness
21/11/1775 Lost off Stromness
28/10/1777 Lost near
Stromness
13/01/1784 Went ashore `on
the Holm’ (this
could be near
Stromness or
Holm)
MARGARET Tanero to Hull 23/12/1800 Stromness
UNIDENTIFIED 11/12/1801 Four vessels, two
ships and two
Brigs from the
Baltic reported to
be on the shore at
Stromness
BROTHERS Leith to
Cargo of
hemp, iron,
tallow, candles
Cargo saved
but vessel lost
It was
expected that
some of the
cargo could be
saved
15/01/1802 Stromness Ship lost, crew
Liverpool
saved
CHRISTINE Liverpool to 02/12/1811 Wrecked at
Flensburgh
Stromness
BRITISH QUEEN Pictou - ? 10/12/1811 Wrecked at
Cargo
Stromness
expected to be
saved
WILLIAM & Aberdeen to 25/02/1814 Driven on shore at Crew saved
ELIZABETH Surinam
Stromness, fear it
will be wrecked
JOHN North Sheilds to 14/04/1815 Totally lost at A boy drowned
Miramichi
Cantick Head,
Longhope
UNIDENTIFIED . 15/11/1815 Wrecked Brig laden with
timber, deals
and staves.
One of the
anchors
marked `Albion
of Blyth’
GEORGE Miramichi to
Blyth
13/08/1817 Brims Ness, Hoy Total wreck
INDUSTRY Perth to Hull 05/11/1817 Lost on Swona Only the mate

23/11/1817 Stromness
and one
passenger
saved
Total wreck
ARIADNE St Petersburgh
to Liverpool
SARAH & ELIZA Sligo to ? 15/02/1819 Stromness
Harbour
Ran ashore,
cargo
discharged
FLORA Liverpool to
Konigsberg
08/03/1822 South Ronaldsay Driven ashore
HERO Driven on to a
reef or rocks.
Crews saved.
17/03/1823 Hoy Sound
CLEMENTINA Christiansand 11/10/1823 Stromness
Part of cargo
to Londonderry
Harbour
saved
GOOD INTENT Wick to
Drogheda
01/11/1823 Sunk off Graemsay
MARGARET Wick to ? 17/12/1823 Swona Totally
wrecked. The
pilot and two of
the crew
drowned
MARGARET ? to Newry 03/01/1824 Swona Skerries The Master, a
Pilot and two
crew drowned
JANE Belfast to Wick 17/02/1824 Hoy Sound Went on shore.
Crew, cargo
and materials
saved
PATRIOT 08/01/1825 Swona Driven ashore,
eight of the
crew drowned
and very little
of the cargo
expected to be
saved
ORION Danzig to 02/12/1825 South Ronaldsay Totally
Liverpool
wrecked, crew
saved
MEDEA Uleaborg to 01/12/1826 Lother Rock, South Wrecked, crew
Liverpool
Ronaldsay
saved
ST ANTONIUS Iceland to ? 30/08/1827 Stranded on Small part of
Stromness Point cargo saved
FLORA Isedale to 13/03/1828 Hoy Sound Ran on a reef
Fisherrow
of Rocks in
Hoy Sound,
crew saved
ISABELLA & Quebec to Hull 06/11/1830 Totally wrecked in Crew saved,
DOROTHY
Hoy Sound
part of cargo
expected to be
saved
HANNAH Archangel to 12/09/1831 Hoy Sound Wrecked on a
Leith
rock at the
entrance to
Hoy Sound,

crew saved
DEFENCE Alloa to Quebec 31/03/1832 Longhope Totally
wrecked close
to entrance of
Longhope,
crew saved
WILLIAM Sligo to London 15/12/1832 Stromness Totally lost
during a violent
gale. Part of
the stern and
other small bits
FANNY &
MATILDA
St Petersburg
to Liverpool
came ashore
10/09/1833 South Ronaldsay Totally
wrecked on
rocks at the
east end of the
island, crew
saved
TINKER 14/10/1833 Holm Sound Crew saved
DELIGHT Archangel to 01/11/1833 Flotta Totally
Dublin
wrecked
STAR Wick to Bristol 05/03/1834 Hoy Sound Total wreck,
crew drowned
HOPE St Petersburg 21/10/1834 Hoy Sound Stuck on the
to Belfast
rocks at Hoy
Sound, crew
saved
NAIAD St Petersburgh 10/12/1834 Hoy Sound Crew and
to Liverpool
cargo saved
but in a
damaged state
ECLIPSE Londonderry to 27/01/1836 Flotta Driven on to
Newcastle-
Longhope in a
upon-Tyne
gale and then
wrecked on the
island of Flotta.
HAWK South
28/01/1836 South Ronaldsay Driven on
Ronaldsay to
shore and
Peterhead
broken, crew
saved
BROTHERS Thurso to Loch 07/12/1839 Flotta Wrecked
Roque
during a gale
COLUMBINE 24/01/1840 Flotta Totally
wrecked during
a violent gale
DUKE OF
Sunderland to 25/01/1840 Hoy Sound The Master,
SUSSEX
Cape of Good
his wife, First
Hope
and Second
Mate, and five
of the crew
drowned
EXCHANGE Newcastle- 17/04/1840 Swona Struck SW
upon-Tyne to
point of the
Glasgow
island and
immediately

LOVISA Brevig to Wick 11/11/1841 Widewall Bay,
sunk. Crew
saved
Expected to be
South Ronaldsay a total wreck,
crew saved
SYLPHIDEN 30/03/1850 South Ronaldsay Total wreck
EMMA Hambirg to 30/03/1850 South Ronaldsay All ten of the
Newfoundland
crew were lost.
A total wreck.
ROBERT & ALICE 29/09/1854 Hoy Sound Driven ashore
on Braga
Rock, crew of
3 lost. Carrying
a cargo of fish
and herring
ALBION Liverpool to 01/01/1866 Graemsay Small local
New York
boats went to
the aid of the
crew as there
were no
lifeboats in
Orkney at this
time. One
rescue boat
overturned and
its eleven
occupants
drowned. This
incident
caused the
RNLI to station
the first lifeboat
at Stromness
in 1867.
CLIFTON HALL Liverpool to 25/02/1869 Hoy Head Lost offshore.
Shields
Carrying a
cargo of salt.
SAXON Troon to
22/12/1873 Hoy Cargo of coal.
Kingston
Stranded and
lost near Hoy.
ROSA Liverpool to 23/12/1876 Longhope Towed to
Danzig
Stromness and
broken up
SVALEN Christiania to 01/06/1877 South Ronaldsay Stranded and
Ayr
lost in gale
force
conditions
RIFONDO Hernosand to 14/09/1877 Swona Lost in a
Scotland
severe gale.
Crew of 12
lost, only a dog
was saved.
AGNES Pillau to Belfast 16/11/1877 South Ronaldsay Stranded and
lost
LINOLEY Archangel to 16/11/1877 Flotta Carrying a

ARGYLESHIRE Amsterdam to
Glasgow
ADMIRAL Thurso to
Belfast
LAUREL Quebec to
Aberdeen
HENRIETTA Newcastleupon-Tyne
to
Gloucester cargo of deals.
Stranded and
lost near
Kingstown
SON OF RECHAB Kirkwall to
Stromness
PERSEVERANCE South Shields
to Galloway
WILLIAM Hoy – local men
out fishing
EMERALD Stromness to
Westray
MINERVA Orkney to
Danzig
Flotta.
19/11/1877 Holm Sound Driven ashore,
crew saved.
Carrying a
cargo of hay.
16/01/1879 Stromness Abandoned
two miles north
of the Black
Craig after
springing a
leak. It was
carrying a
cargo of stone
which was
secured using
wooden
wedges. It’s
thought these
became loose
and the cargo
shifted which
caused her to
spring a leak.
28/11/1880 Cantick Head, Hoy Standed and
wrecked.
Carrying a
cargo of wood.
04/03/1881 Flotta Stranded and
lost
28/01/1883 Holm Sound Stranded and
lost.
Carrying a
cargo of
oatmeal.
03/09/1883 Hoy Lost. Carrying
a cargo of coal.
29/03/1884 Hoy lost
10/06/1886 Stromness Lost while
leaving
Stromness in
bad weather
28/09/1886 Holm Stranded and
lost near Rose
Ness. Carrying
a cargo of fish.
LA PLATE 08/10/1886 Swona Stranded and
lost at Tarf Tail
LIZZIE BAIN Scapa Pier to ? 06/11/1888 Cantick Sound, Crew of 3 lost.
Local men.
Hoy
Carrying
groceries.

HUGH ROBERTS Tyne to
Galloway
CHRISTIANIA Hoxa to Saint
Margaret’s
Hope. Local
ANSGARIUS Glasgow to
Christiania
JOLLE Sweden to
Brazil
CROMA Dundee to New
York
BREMSE Orphir
MAGGIE Saint
Margaret’s
Hope to Burray
Local
ARGO Frederickstadt
to Kirkwall
SOPHRON Grimsby –
fishing and
return
GEORGES VILLE Glasgow to
Christiania
CHARLOTTE Kragero to
Liverpool
MARY ROBERTS Bridgeness to
Saint
Margaret’s
Hope
COURSER Grimsby –
fishing trawler
SONNET Stromness –
fishing vessel
Local
29/09/1890 South Ronaldsay Stranded and
lost at Hoxa
Point. Carrying
coal.
29/01/1889 South Ronaldsay Lost in the bay
of Saint
Margaret’s
Hope. Carrying
coal.
30/08/1895 South Ronaldsay Stranded and
lost on Lother
Rock. Carrying
coal.
05/12/1895 Holm Stranded and
lost at
Scockness,
Holm. Carrying
wood.
14/08/1899 Swona Lost but cargo
of beer, wine
and spirits
recovered by
Customs
Officers
31/01/1901 South Ronaldsay Lost in Water
Sound
23/06/1901 South Ronaldsay Stranded and
lost. Carrying
wood.
29/09/1902 Stromness Stranded and
lost at Sule
Skerry
01/12/1902 South Ronaldsay Stranded and
lost at Stews
Head. Carrying
coal.
09/04/1903 Hoy Stranded and
lost opposite
Cantick Head
Beacon.
Carrying wood.
18/09/1903 South Ronaldsay Stranded and
lost at Lother
Rock. Carrying
coal.
10/04/1905 Hoy Total wreck
23/05/1905 Hoy Sound Stranded and
lost off
Breckness
Reef
DINNINGTON St David’s in 16/02/1906 Driven ashore on Two crew

Fifeshire to
to Switha during a drowned.
Stornaway
blizzard.
Carrying coal.
ELIZABETH Flotta to Thurso 24/08/1907 Hoy Lost at South
Walls
RADIANT Stronsay –
fishing and
return.
Local
24/07/1907 South Ronaldsay wrecked
SNOWDROP Amble to 06/10/1907 Hoy Lost. Carrying
Stromness
a cargo of coal.
BETSY Stromness, 28/11/1907 Hoy Lost in Hoy
fishing and
return
Local
Sound
SHAKESPEARE Hull – fishing 11/12/1907 Hoy Sound Wrecked off
trawler
Breck Ness
BARBARA South Shields 04/11/1911 Flotta Lost south
to Thurso
west side of
Flotta. Carrying
coal.
ADELE Brevik to Hull 19/01/1912 South Ronaldsay Carrying pit
props.
EVA POTTER Leith to
11/04/1912 Hunda, Burray Not clear, she
Stromness.
may have been
sold as a
wreck and
refitted
DUBBELMAN Iceland to 08/05/1912 South Ronaldsay Lost on Lother
Shapinsay
Rock
DUNA Hernosand to 26/07/1912 South Ronaldsay Vessel lost
Liverpool
near Old Head,
South Ron, all
crew saved
ROEDEAN Mine-sweeper 13/01/1915 Longhope Lost after
detonating a
mine at
Longhope or
due to
foundering in
bad weather.
There are
different
accounts of
this loss.
STRATHGARRY A former fishing 06/07/1915 Scapa Flow Lost following
vessel hired by
the Admiralty
and converted
into an armed
patrol trawler.
a collision
ALEXANDRA II This former 28/10/1915 Scapa Flow Wrecked at
steam tug was
entrance to
hired by the
Admiralty and
employed in
Hoxa Sound

Scapa Flow.
PRUDENTIA A tanker used
for carrying oil.
DUKE OF
ALBANY
A British
steamship she
was hired by
the Admiralty as
an armed
boarding
vessel.
12/01/1916 Gutter Sound,
Scapa Flow
Lost after
collision with
S.S. Hermoine.
Lies half a mile
west of No
jetty, Flotta
26/08/1916 South Ronaldsay Torpedoed by
the German
submarine UB-
27
VANGUARD Battleship 09/07/1917 Flotta Total loss,
large loss of
life, designated
war grave. Its
believed this
ship was lost
when unstable
cordite on
board the ship
caught fire
causing a
massive
explosion.
NARBOROUGH 12/01/1918 Windwick, South Large loss of
Ronaldsay
life.
OPAL 12/01/1918 Windwick, South Large loss of
OCEANA Tug hired by
the Admiralty as
an armed
boarding
vessel.
Ronaldsay
life
19/10/1918 Scapa Flow Lost after a
collision or
going ashore.
Exact cause is
not known.
UB 116 28/10/1918 Pan Hope Detected by
hydrophone
and destroyed.
CRUPIER Fishing trawler 03/02/1921 Stromness Fishing trawler
MARY GRACE Firth of Forth to
Kirkwall
wrecked
27/06/1927 Tarf Tail, Swona Schooner
whose crew
reached
Swona in their
own boat.
Carrying a
cargo of coal.
AMETHYST 24/10/1927 Hoy Fishing trawler
wrecked in fog
and bad
SOUTHERN
QUEEN
weather.
24/02/1928 South Ronaldsay Steamship
carrying whale
oil and stated

LORD
Hull fishing
DEVONPORT trawler
CARMANIA II Fishing trawler
registered in
Grimsby
JERIA Fishing trawler
registered in
Grimsby
BRACONMOOR Aberdeen to
Orkney’s fishing
grounds
18/03/1928 Hoy
as being
`wrecked by
ice’.
Fishing trawler
wrecked
14/02/1929 Hoy Sound Fishing trawler
lost after
running
aground in Hoy
Sound.
07/09/1929 Hoy Fishing trawler
lost after going
ashore near
the Old Man of
Hoy.
05/01/1930 Hoy Fishing trawler
which struck
an off shore
reef at the
south west
corner of Hoy.
The ships siren
was sounded
and the
Longhope
Lifeboat crew
attended but
due to the
fierce waves
were unable to
reach the
vessel. A
rocket line was
launched when
the waves
eased and the
nine crewmen
were pulled
through the
surf and in to
the lifeboat
using the
breeches buoy.
The skipper
was the last
man to leave
but the
breeches buoy
collapsed and
he was carried
upside down to
the lifeboat.
When pulled
aboard he was
found to be
unconscious

LORD PERCY Grimsby fishing
trawler
PENNSYLVANIA New York to
Copenhagen
DORBIE Hull fishing
vessel
SILANION Grimsby fishing
trawler
GUNNAREN New York to
Stockholm
NEPTUNA Fishing trawler
registered in Le
Havre
and despite all
efforts to save
him he was
pronounced
dead when the
boat reached
Longhope.
04/06/1930 Swona Fishing trawler
went aground
on west side of
Swona.
Skipper
drowned.
27/07/1931 Swona Steamship
which went
ashore during
fog. Crew
refused help
from Longhope
Lifeboat and
managed to
make their own
way to the
shore. The
ship broke her
back on the
rocks within a
week and was
a total wreck.
09/01/1932 Tor Ness, Hoy Fishing trawler
driven ashore
in fog and
became a total
loss.
23/02/1933 Tor Ness, Hoy Fishing trawler
driven ashore
during a gale
and became a
total loss.
19/08/1935 Swona Swedish motor
vessel driven
ashore in thick
fog. Crew
saved.
21/02/1936 Brims Ness, Hoy Fishing trawler
lost at Brims
Ness.
SIHERITE 16/03/1936 Hoy Fishing trawler
wrecked
JOHANNA
New York to 12/01/1937 Tarf Tail, Swona Stranded and
THORDEN
Gothenburgh
lost in poor
visibility whilst
on her maiden
voyage. Thirty
lives lost,

including
women and
children. Eight
survivors.
TORSLEY 1938 Berry Head, Hoy A Grimsby
fishing trawler
driven ashore
and lost in
dense fog.
WORSLEY 29/09/1938 Hoy A Grimsby
Fishing trawler
ROYAL OAK 14/10/1939 Scapa Flow Tragic loss of
life when this
ship was
torpedoed by
the U47
GIRALDA 30/01/1940 Grim Ness, South
Ronaldsay
DEWEY EVE Fishing drifter
hired by the
Admiralty and
converted to a
mine-sweeper.
IMBAT Fishing drifter
hired by the
Admiralty for
harbour service.
TOKEN Fishing drifter
hired by the
Admiralty and
as a fleet
tender.
CATHERINE Fishing drifter
hired by the
Admiralty as an
auxiliary patrol
vessel.
RUBY Fishing vessel
hired by the
Admiralty as a
ferry.
submarine.
Steamship
bombed and
sunk by
German
aircraft.
Carrying a
cargo of coal.
09/06/1940 Scapa Flow Lost following
a collision in
Scapa Flow.
04/02/1941 Scapa Flow Wooden
fishing drifter
and lost
following a
collision off
Lyness Pier.
23/12/1941 Skerry Sound Fishing drifter
used by the
admiralty. Lost
after going
ashore in
Skerry Sound.
08/06/1942 Scapa Flow Fishing drifter
hired by the
Admiralty as
an auxiliary
patrol vessel.
Foundered in
Scapa Flow.
08/06/1942 Lamb Holm Motor fishing
vessel lost
after going
ashore on
Lamb Holm in
a gale.
LEGEND Motor fishing 28/12/1942 Flotta Lost on Flotta

vessel hired by
the Admiralty as
a ferry.
after going
ashore.
F-2 30/12/1946 Gutter Sound Built as an
experimental
warship she
was converted
to a torpedo
recovery
vessel. She
surrendered to
the Royal Navy
in 1945 and in
1946 sank at
her moorings
close to the
buoy in Gutter
Sound. The
cause of her
sinking is a
mystery but
she remains on
the sea bed
today with no
salvage work
haven been
ST CLAIR Fishing trawler
registered in
Grimsby
STRATHELLIOT Aberdeen
fishing trawler
undertaken.
23/08/1949 Tarf Tail, Swona Fishing trawler
driven ashore
in heavy
weather and
fog. A total
23/10/1952 Tang of Selwick,
Hoy
LEICESTER CITY Fishing trawler 22/03/1953 Rocks of the
Taing, Hoy
DOONIE BRAES Aberdeen
fishing trawler
loss.
While on a
fishing trip the
boat was
making fro
shelter from
heavy weather
when she ran
ashore in Hoy
Sound. All
twelve crew
were rescued.
The ship was
wrecked.
Fishing trawler
lost in heavy
weather. The
ship was
wrecked.
20/04/1955 Hoy Lost when
returning from
a fishing trip in
thick fog. She
ran into the

STRATHCOE Aberdeen
fishing trawler
cliffs near the
Old Man of
Hoy. The crew
was saved.
Ship a total
wreck.
04/02/1959 Rackwick, Hoy Lost after
returning from
a nine day
fishing trip
when she was
driven ashore
under cliffs at
Rackwick
Head. Crew of
fourteen saved
but ship lost.
NORHOLM 23/11/1966 Kirk Rocks, Hoy Fishing trawler
lost.
ROSS PUMA 01/04/1968 Berry Head, Hoy Fishing trawler
which ran
aground on a
reef at the foot
of high cliffs.
YC-21 1968 Gutter Sound A wooden
barge which
foundered in
heavy weather
while engaged
in salvage
operations on
IRENE Granton to
Krisiansund
17/03/1974 Grim Ness, South
Ronaldsay
JAMES BARRIE 27/03/1969 Hoxa Head, South
Ronaldsay
the F-2.
Steamship
which ran out
of fuel in heavy
seas and was
driven ashore
in a disabled
condition.
Fishing trawler
was first of all
stranded on
Pentland
Skerries and
was refloated
after the crew
had been
rescued. The
ship was taken
under tow by
the Kirkwall
lifeboat but the
boat sank off
Hoxa Head.
ROSS TERN 10/02/1973 Tarf Tail, Swona Fishing trawler

LANS 21/12/1974 Tor Ness Rocks,
Hoy
which had
gone ashore
and sunk.
Crew all saved
but the ship
was a total
loss.
Fishing trawler
went aground
at the base of
the cliffs in a
gale. Crew of
nine saved.
CALF SOUND 25/09/1989 South Ronaldsay Cargo vessel
lost in heavy
weather when
her cargo
shifted. The
ship later
capsized
before sinking.
BLOCKSHIPS
REINFIELD Skerry Sound 1914
TEESWOOD Skerry Sound 1914
URMSTONE
Burra Sound 1914
GRANGE
ROTHERFIELD Burra Sound 1914
CLIO Water Sound 1914
PONTOS Water Sound 1914
THAMES Kirk Sound 1914
ARGYLL Skerry Sound 1914
NUMIDIAN Kirk Sound 1915
RONDA Burra Sound 1915
MINIEH Kirk Sound 1915
BUDRIE Burra Sound 1915
AORANGI Kirk Sound 1915
GOBERNADOR Burra Sound 1915
BORIES
LORNE Water Sound 1915
GARTSHORE East Weddel Sound 1915
LAPLAND East Weddel Sound 1915
ROSEWOOD Skerry Sound 1915
ELTON Skerry Sound 1915
ALMERIA Skerry Sound 1915
REGINALD East Weddel Sound 1915
NANA Water Sound 1939 Concrete barge which
originally owned by
James Anderson of
Stromness.
CAPE ORTEGAL Skerry Sound 1939
LAKE NEUCHATTE Kirk Sound 1939
SERIANO Kirk Sound 1939

MOYLE Burra Sound 1940
MARTIS East Weddel Sound 1940
JUNIATA Water Sound 1940
GONDOLIER Water Sound 1940
LYCIA Skerry Sound 1940
ILSENSTEIN Sunk at second barr 1940
BUSK Sunk at first barrier 1940
CARRON Water Sound 1940
REDSTONE Kirk Sound 1940
EMERALD WINGS Skerry Sound 1940
EMPIRE SEAMAN East Weddel Sound 1940
TABARKA Kirk Sound 1940
AC-6 Skerry Sound 1941
GHAMBIRA Kirk Sound 1942
CAROLINA
Water Sound 1942
THORDEN
COLLINGDOC Water Sound 1942
INVERLANE Burra Sound 1944
SCUTTLED SHIPS
KAISER Battleship 21/06/1919 Lay between Cava
and Green Head –
towed to Rosyth and
scrapped
BRUMMER Cruiser warship 21/06/1919 One of eight light
G-91 Torpedo boat
destroyer
G-103 Torpedo boat
destroyer
V-127 Torpedo boat
destroyer
cruisers scuttled.
21/06/1919 Scuttled between Fara
and Rysa Little and
raised by Cox and
Danks 12.09.1924
and moved to Mill
Bay, her stern section
remains.
21/06/1919 Lay between Fara and
Rysa Little and raised
by Cox and Danks on
30.09.1925. The G-
103 was the first of
the large destroyers to
be recovered.
21/06/1919 The crew attempted to
scuttle this ship but a
Royal Navy working
party managed to cut
her anchor chain with
explosives and she
was towed into
shallow water and
beached. She was
patched, refloated and
towed to Holland for
scrapping.
V-126 Torpedo boat 21/06/1919 The crew attempted to

V-125 Torpedo boat
destroyer
V-82 Torpedo boat
destroyer
V-81 Torpedo boat
destroyer
destroyer scuttle the ship but a
RN working party
managed to cut the
anchor chain with
explosives and she
was towed into
shallow water and
beached. She was
later towed to France
for scrapping.
21/06/1919 An attempt was made
to scuttle the ship but
a RN working party
managed to get her
under tow and
beached her near Mill
Bay where she was
scrapped.
21/06/1919 Scuttled by her crew.
A RN working party
managed to get on
board and cut her
anchor chain with
explosives and get her
towed into shallow
water where she was
beached. She was
later raised and
scrapped.
21/06/1919 Scuttled. Raised by
Cox and Danks in the
1920s and beached in
Mill Bay. She was
refloated but sank
under tow to the
breakers yard at
Rosyth. Her location
now is not known.
KRONPRINZ
Battleship 21/06/1919 Scuttled near the Calf
WILHELM
of Cava
V-70 Torpedo boat
21/06/1919 Scuttled and raised by
destroyer
Cox and Danks on
01.08.1924 and
scrapped. The first
German wreck to be
lifted by salvers who
placed wire ropes
beneath the destroyer,
and was lifted using
the tides and flotating
vessels.
V-43 Torpedo boat
21/06/1919 Crew attempted to
destroyer
scuttle the ship but a
RN working party
managed to keep the
ship afloat and she

S-55 Torpedo boat
21/06/1919
was anchored near
Mill Bay.
Scuttled, raised by
destroyer
Cox and Danks on
29.08.1924 and
scrapped.
S-53 Torpedo boat
21/06/1919 Scuttled, raised by
destroyer
Cox and Danks on
13.08.1924 and
scrapped.
B-112 Torpedo boat
21/06/1919 The first torpedo boat
destroyer
to sink when scuttled
by her crew. Raised
by Cox & Danks on
11.02.1926 and
removed to Bill Bay
where she was
scrapped.
B-111 Torpedo boat
21/06/1919 Scuttled, raised by
destroyer
Cox & Danks
08.03.1026 and
scrapped.
B-110 Torpedo boat
21/06/1919 Scuttle, raised by Cox
destroyer
& Danks on
11.12.1925 and
broken for scrap.
B-109 Torpedo boat
21/06/1919 Scuttled but beached
destroyer
before she sank by a
RN working party.
Raised by Cox &
Danks on 27.03.1926
and partially
scrapped. Some
wreckage remains.
V-100 Torpedo boat
21/06/1919 Scuttled, raised by
destroyer
Cox & Danks and
beached. She was
later towed to France
where she was
scrapped in 1921.
G-104 Torpedo boat
21/06/1919 Scuttled, raised by
destroyer
Cox & Danks on
30.04.1926. Later
moved to Mill Bay for
breaking.
V-73 Torpedo boat
21/06/1919 A RN party got on
destroyer
board and cut her
anchor chain with
explosives and she
was towed into
shallow water and
beached. Believed to
have been scrapped
in the 1920s.
S-136 Torpedo boat 21/06/1919 Scuttled, raised by

V-80 Torpedo boat
destroyer
S-60 Torpedo boat
destroyer
S-52 Torpedo boat
destroyer
S-51 Torpedo boat
destroyer
G-89 Torpedo boat
destroyer
H-145 Torpedo boat
destroyer
S-131 Torpedo boat
destroyer
destroyer Cox & Danks on
03.04.1925 and was
employed in lifting the
battleship Seydlitz.
21/06/1919 Crew tried to scuttle
ship but a RN working
party got on board
and released her
anchor cable and she
was towed in the
shallow water of Mill
Bay. Scrapped in
Britain.
21/06/1919 Crew attempted to
scuttle ship but RN
working party go on
board and released
her anchor cable and
get her towed into
shallow water near
Mill Bay. Scrapped in
Britain.
21/06/1919 Scuttled by the crew.
Raised by Cox &
Danks on 13.10.1924
and beached in Mill
Bay.
21/06/1919 Scuttling was
unsuccessful when
RN working party got
on board and cut her
anchor cables using
explosives. She was
towed in to Mill Bay
and beached.
21/06/1919 RN working party got
on board and
prevented it being
scuttled by cutting her
anchor cable with
explosives and she
was towed in the
shallow water of Mill
Bay. She was
refloated by the
Admiralty Salvage
Unit.
21/06/1919 Scuttled. Raised by
Cox & Danks on
14.03.1925 and
beached at Mill Bay.
21/06/1919 Scuttled. Raised by
The Scapa Flow
Salvage &
Shipbreaking

S-137 Torpedo boat
destroyer
V-128 Torpedo boat
destroyer
G-92 Torpedo boat
destroyer
V078 Torpedo boat
destroyer
S-65 Torpedo boat
destroyer
S-56 Torpedo boat
destroyer
S-50 Torpedo boat
destroyer
S-49 Torpedo boat
destroyer
Company 29.08.1924.
Beached in shallw
water and
subsequently
scrapped.
21/06/1919 A RN working party
managed to get on
board and prevented
her being scuttled by
getting on board and
releasing the anchor
cable. She was towed
into shallow water
where she was
beached. Recovered
later by the Admiralty
Salvage Unit and
scrapped.
21/06/1919 RN working party got
on board and cut her
anchor chain and got
her towed into shallow
water where she was
beached. Later
patched and refloated,
she was towed to Italy
for scrapping.
21/06/1919 Scuttled by the crew.
Thought to have been
refloated by the
Admiralty Salvage
Unite and beached.
21/06/1919 Scuttled but raised by
Cox & Danks on
07.09.1925 and
beached in Mill Bay.
21/06/1919 Scuttled. Raised by
Cox & Danks on
16.05.1925 and
beached in Mill Bay.
21/06/1919 Scuttled. Raised by
Cox & Danks on
05.06.1925 and taken
to Lyness.
21/06/1919 Scuttled. Raised by
the Admiralty Salvage
Unit and beached on
Hoy.
21/06/1919 Scuttled. Raised by
the Admiralty Salvage
Unit and removed to
Ore Bay, Hoy.
V-46 Torpedo boat 21/06/1919 Scuttled. Raised,

V-45 Torpedo boat
destroyer
V-44 Torpedo boat
destroyer
S-138 Torpedo boat
destroyer
S-36 Torpedo boat
destroyer
destroyer patched and towed to
Cherbourg in 1924
where she was
scrapped.
21/06/1919 Scuttled. Raised by
the Admiralty Salvage
Unit and beached in
Ore Bay before being
towed away and
scrapped.
21/06/1919 Attempt at scuttling
but a RN working
party got on board
and managed to
beach her. She was
later salvaged by the
Admiralty Salvage
Unit.
21/06/1919 Scuttled by the crew
and later raised by
Cox & Danks on
01.05.1925 and taken
to Lyness pier.
21/06/1919 This ship was used by
Cox & Danks to assist
in raising the German
battlecruiser the
Hindenburg.
Afterwards she was
stripped of her
armament and
unnecessary weight.
She was then run
ashore on Cava and
was later salvaged.
Her bow section
remains.
BAYERN Battleship 21/06/1919 Scuttled. Raised by
Metal Industries Ltd.
FRIEDRICH DER Battleship 21/06/1919 This ship had been
GROSSE
the flag ship of Vice
Admiral Reuter and
great measures were
taken to make her as
difficult to salvage as
possible. All doors,
hatches and valves
were opened to make
salvaging as difficult
as possible and she
was the first to be
scuttled. When divers
reached the forward
part of the ship they
found the ships prison
which was littered with

ones. It seems that
the men interred has
simply been left to die.
The ship was
refloated in 1935 and
towed to Lyness. She
was broken up at
Rosyth.
KONIG ALBERT Battleship 21/06/1919 Scuttled. Raised by
Metal Industries in
July 1935. She was
towed to into shallow
water and beached.
She was broken up at
Rosyth.
KAISERIN Battleship 21/06/1919 Scuttled. She was the
last battleship to be
salvaged and was
recovered by Metal
Industries on 11 May
1936 and was then
towed in to shallow
water where her
funnels and turrets
were blasted away.
Some time later she
was towed to Rosyth
where she was broken
UN-NAMED Torpedo boat
destroyer
GROSSER
KURFUST
S-54 Torpedo boat
destroyer
up.
21/06/1919 Salvaged but sunk
again. Later dispersed
by explosives for
recovery of metal.
Battleship 21/06/1919 Scuttled and salvaged
by Metal Industries
Ltd on 29/04/1938.
stripped of her funnels
and superstructure
before being towed to
Rosyth for breaking.
21/06/1919 Salvaged by the Royal
Navy and beached
close to Fara. In
February 1920 she
drove ashore on Flotta
whilst being towed
away for breaking. An
attempt was made to
salvage her by Cox &
Danks and she was
partly demolished.
Some of the ship
remains on the sea
bed.
KOLN Cruiser 21/06/1919 Too deep to be
recovered this ship

lies on the sea bed
almost intact.
DRESDEN Cruiser 21/06/1919 This ship was moored
near the Barrel of
Butter and the
Clonsin, a drifter tried
to tow the ship in the
hope of beaching her
but the ship went
down by the bow,
capsized and sank.
She remains on the
sea bed.
KARLSRUHE Cruiser 21/06/1919 Although this ship still
lies on the sea bed
she has been heavily
salvaged.
KONIG Battleship 21/06/1919 This ship remains on
the sea bed and lies
upside down. Possibly
this is as a result of
carrying five large gun
turrets which weighed
600 tons each and
she would have been
top heavy and toppled
over when scuttled.
MARKGRAF Battleship 21/06/1919 This ship lies upside
down on the sea bed
possibly as a result of
the weight of her gun
PRINZREGENT
LUITPOLD
G-102 Torpedo boat
destroyer
S-132 Torpedo boat
destroyer
V-83 Torpedo boat
destroyer
turrets.
Battleship 21/06/1919 After a lot of work and
the removal of much
of her superstructure
this ship was floated
into shallow water and
sunk again.
21/06/1919 RN working party
managed to save her
while she was still
afloat. She was later
towed to America and
sunk as a bombing
target off Cape Henry.
21/06/1919 Saved by a RN
working party while
still afloat and moored
near Mill Bay. Towed
to America where she
was used by the US
navy in gunfire
practice.
21/06/1919 An attempt was made
to raise this ship in

1926 but was
unsuccessful and was
aborted. She remains
on the sea bed.
FRANKFURT Cruiser 21/06/1919 Scuttling was
unsuccessful as a
British naval party
managed to get on
board and cut her
anchor cable, She
was towed into the
shallow waters at
Swanbister Bay. She
was later towed to the
U.S. and was sunk off
Cape Henry in aerial
S-32 Torpedo boat
destroyer
bombing experiments.
21/06/1919 Scuttled and
recovered by Cox &
Danks on 19.06.1925
and taken to Mill Bay
for breaking.
SEYDLITZ Battle cruiser 21/06/1919 Scuttled by her crew.
Raised by Cox &
Danks in 1928 and
was later towed to
Rosyth.
G-38 Torpedo boat cruiser 21/06/1919 Scuttled by her crew.
Raised by Cox &
Danks on 27.09.1924.
She was broken up for
scrap after being used
as a lifting camel to
G-39 Torpedo boat
destroyer
G-86 Torpedo boat
destoyer
V-129 Torpedo boat
destroyer
raise the Seydlitz.
21/06/1919 Scuttled. Raised by
Cox & Danks on
03.07.1925 and
removed to Mill Bay.
21/06/1919 Scuttled. Raised by
Cox & Danks on
14.07.1925 and taken
to Mill Bay.
21/06/1919 Scuttled. Raised by
Cox & danks on
11.08.1925 and
removed to Mill Bay
where she was broken
up.
NURNBERG Warship cruiser 21/06/1919 Scuttling was
unsuccessful when
the crew of a Royal
Navy destroyer
managed to cut her
anchor chain. She
was towed and

G-101 Torpedo boat
destroyer
beached on the west
coast of Cava. She
was refloated by the
Royal Navy in 1920
but the bow section
was left behind and
remains there today.
The rest of the ship
was towed to Rosyth
for breaking.
21/06/1919 Scuttled and later
salvaged by Cox &
Danks on 13.04.1926.
She was taken to Mill
Bay for breaking.
EMDEN Warship cruiser 21/06/1919 Scuttled by her crew.
A British working party
from drifters who were
replenishing her
stores managed to get
a tow rope on board of
a destroyer which cut
the Emdens anchor
chain and she was
towed to Swanbister
Bay where she sank.
Later refloated and
taken to Rosyth for
BREMSE Mine laying light
cruiser
breaking.
21/06/1919 A British Naval party
managed to get on
board and she was
towed to Toy Ness
near Swanbister Bay.
She sank and there
were many problems
in patching her prior to
being refloated and
towed to Lyness on
30.11.1929 where she
was broken up. One
of her guns and other
wreckage remain on
the sea bed.
BADEN Battlecruiser 21/06/1919 Admiralty tender
Flying Kestrel was
taking a group of
school children on a
tour of the ships and
managed to get a line
on board and towed
the ship into
Swanbister Bay. Later
she was repaired,
refloated and towed to
the English Channel

and was sunk off
Portsmouth and used
in gunnery practice in
1921.
DERFFLINGER Battle cruiser 21/06/1919 Scuttled and one of
the most difficult to
raise. She was towed
to the back of Rysa
and moored where
she lay bottom up for
seven years before
being placed upside
down on a floating
dock and towed to the
Clyde where she was
broken up at Faslane.
HINDENBURG Battle cruiser 21/06/1919 The biggest ship of
the fleet she lay near
the island of Cava
before being salvaged
on 23.07.1930. She
was beached at Mill
Bay and later towed to
Rosyth.
VON DER TANN Battle cruiser 21/06/1919 The ship capsized
when sinking. She
was raised eight
weeks later and
beached on Cava.
Later she was towed
to Lyness and later
still she was towed to
Rosyth where she
was broken up.
MOLTKE Battle cruiser 21/06/1919 Scuttled and lying
between Rysa Little
and cava it was
dangerous to
shipping. Raised by
Cox & Danks in May
1927 and taken to
Rosyth dockyard.