Don’t Scuttle Off to Scapa – New Interactive Site Map of Famous Shipwrecks
Don’t Scuttle Off to Scapa –
New Interactive Site Map of Famous Shipwrecks
At the end of the Great War, AKA WW1, the German High Seas Fleet scuttled itself at Scapa Flow making it the most famous shipwreck site in the world. It is also one of the most dived sites on the planet. And to make it all more available to divers and land lubbers like me it has been interactively mapped with new digital technology. The maps made by reference to diver’s experiences, underwater photos, allow us to see seven of the German ships scuttled in 1919. The Admiral of the German High Seas Fleet ordered the scuttling of the warships to prevent them from falling into British hands fearing they would be given as spoils to the victors.
Hazardous Occupation
The maps are designed to help divers explore the sunken vessels safely. They highlight potential hazards and debris such as discarded fishing nets. These discarded nets carry on killing even after they have been dumped as fish life continues to get trapped and starve to death. The Royal Navy had ensured that the Germans would eventually to lose the war by not losing the Battle of Jutland, which convinced the German High Command not to risk their High Seas Fleet ever again in open battle at sea.
Armchair Wisdom
Are you an armchair general or admiral like me, then I also suspect that you might like a dram or two? There is nothing finer than immersing yourself in the history of our nation and indulging yourself with a glass of the nectar of the gods, a fine scotch. And if you indulge yourself then you need to do it in a lovely glass which improves the experience no end. Try these beauties.
