German High Seas Fleet, Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, UK

[kirkwallboy]

This underwater archaeology brings these relics, and the past, and what it all meant, to life, back into today's world. When I glance across a peaceful Scapa Flow nowadays, I think now and again about the sunken war boats beneath the waves. The Royal Oak is a living link to that past, the few survivors who can come up here every October. HMS Vanguard was another tragedy, in WW1.

[chris74742]

awesome!! im goin there in 3 weeks time on holiday and im gonna do 2 dives and a dry suit course. i just wanted to see what it was like under there be4 i went.

How deep are you by the way?

[DiversInc]

The Kronprinz Wilhelm is at 35 metres. That's the deepest we done. The Markgraf is 46m and the Konig is 39 metres. They are the two deepest. If you get a chance go to the Naval War Museum, there's a lot of artefacts salvaged from the wrecks there and other interesting facts about the Orkney Naval History.

[chris74742]

damn! that just outside my limitations. im not allowed any deeper than 30 metres! unbelievable. lol. thanks man. =)

[zarquon53]

@DiversInc You got one small error in the video , the small ship FlottenBeglieter F2 is a 1930s built fast sloop , seen in the photo in the preWW2 Nazi Government era ( you can see the big eagle and swastika motif on the front of the ships bridge above the wheelhouse windows ) .

I'm not sure that many were built , the design was really a minimised destroyer which proved over engined , weakly armed and insufficiently roomy for any effective naval role in WW2 , I dont think any are in ScapaFlow

[Svemirko3]

great video...very unusual with rammstain in background

[camaro1994phill]

Great vid, music gives it some real feeling! Hope to go here soon! looks great