Diving Scapa Flow 2016

A group of 10 Dutch divers explored the WW1 wrecks of the German High Seas Fleet in Scapa with a liveaboard charter of the dive vessel M.V. Invincible during the 1st week of September 2016. In 12 dives they went to the last remains of the huge battleships SMS Markgraf, Kronprinz Wilhelm, König, Bayern and the light cruisers SMS Cöln, Dresden, Karlsruhe and Brummer. An overwhelming dive experience made possible by Ian and Fiona Trumpess of M.V. Invincible. From all the made footage this video gives a brief report of the dive on the SMS Cöln. One of our favourites.

[@bombousboy]

Still the best Scapa video out there. Inspirational.

[@deathvalleyalex9485]

Awesome dive program thank you for identifying the fish .

[@118Hobbit]

Mike Griffin 118 I've been on the Invincible twice. Had a mega dive on the Koln with a guy called Gavin Denton. Fiona's breakfasts put half a stone on me in 6 days! 😂

[@TheDeepExplorer1]

Glad you visited and enjoyed your time in my beautiful country Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 do come again 🤿

[@guillermohoffmann8417]

excellent video. !

[@snowindafunboots4369]

Happy for you. 👏

[@robertrotman7730]

did the german ships have ordinance on them? why were they permitted to have it?????

[@dickiedollop]

I dived the wrecks back in 1996 and to be honest was a bit underwhelmed as many of the ships have been salvaged and what’s left of them is a tangled unrecognisable courtesy of Cox and Danks salvagers still it was an interesting experience.

[@ssobergruppenfuhrerpeanut3674]

is that royal oak

[@Nebraska214]

I had sunk them all above each other direkt in the main entrence to the Harbor so the British High Seas Fleet had no Natural Harbor anymore.

[@pcka12]

P.E.O. That sort of problem is what high explosives are for, plenty of unused sea mines available in those days!

[@donbow450]

No you had not 1. I takes a while to make a steam ship sail, which would have been noticed 2. While a crime, scuttling is somewhat considered noble, that would have been sabotage 3. Not been noble you probably would not have had any command 4. The Entrance would either have been to deep to have any blocking effect or shallow enough that salvaging is easy.

[@Nebraska214]

@@donbow450 the Harbor Entrence is on its deepest point -12m so if you put there a 150 - 200m ship above each other you can block the entire harbor

[@donbow450]

@@Nebraska214 The ships have a draft of 5-9m you would nnot been able to put 2 on top of each other and again: easy salvageable

[@baillster7074]

I got a wave back from one of you guys when I was onboard the karin. Happy to see you enjoyed Orkney!

[@WilcodeJonge]

Exceptional footage! Also a lot of happy new sea life down there - now we know where all the herring went LOL

[@WashuHakubi4]

Wow! This is a fantastic video, and these folks looked like they were having a great time.

[@Kwolfx]

I like the lift to exit the water. It sure beats having to climb a ladder with all your gear on.

[@jimrobb5289]

Yes, that looks brilliant!

[@snowindafunboots4369]

👍👍

[@paulstephenson5220]

Rolls royce lift. Remember nearly getting my head smashed in by a scaffy tube dive ladder there.

[@bombousboy]

I have watched this video many times. Simply the best Scapa video at the moment on the net. The music helps to elevate it to an extra level. Very well done.

[@happycrowley]

My grandfather supervised the Italian pow at lambs Holm chapel when being constructed. I'm a keen padi scuba diver living on the sunshine coast qld Australia. I think it would be great to visit scapa flow and dive there.

[@fredmiller6482]

Thank you for posting this. I have been diving for over 40 years and Scapa Flow is certainly on my list of places I would like to see. In my opinion, for wreck diving, the two top sites in the world are Truk and Scapa Flow.

[@johnsepulveda443]

Isn’t it considered a war crime to fire on an unarmed surrendered enemy fleet like the British did here? Sad that those German sailors died on their ships all because they did their duty and didn’t let their ships fall into enemy hands!! Most were off the ship but the crews that scuttled those ships may they rest in peace

[@steviedee8921]

dived the Koln back in 1982..the prop was still on the lifeboat then!!

[@Mitchell48741]

What group were you apart of when you dove ?

[@steviedee8921]

@@Mitchell48741 ...private group diving off the MV Girl Mina with 'Snipe Miller'

[@andrewchalmers266]

Oh man i want to go back to orkney and dive there i thought you were not allowed to cause it was a graveyard

[@stevenpilling5318]

The German ships are not war graves. They were deliberately scuttled by their crews while under internment after the Armistice. HMS Royal Oak, however, is a far different story.

[@leesimpson1677]

Enjoyed the video, although not sure about the music. I retired from diving three years ago after spending many years diving in Scotland. Never made it up to Scapa however. One of my favourite wrecks was the Thesis in the Sound of Mull. Unfortunately it collapsed in early 2015. It's good to see divers still enjoying these wrecks, which unfortunately like the Thesis, won't be there forever. Pretty good viz as well.

[@enzogalli2762]

self sunk of kaiserliche marine hochsee flotte at the end of first wordl war....after some year gunter prien and his u47 make a revenge

[@deepdiversi5913]

Go the Otter!!!!!!!!

[@Trab8900]

This is a well constructed video, thanks for sharing :)

[@grossadmiral1]

Unsere Cöln III, schöne Aufnahmen. Danke.

[@jackhew93]

music is great, thanks!!!

[@mikehartsook5281]

GREAT UNDERWATER FILMING GREAT VIDEO

[@richardjohnson4696]

That looked awesome.

[@HorribleHarry]

Sometimes I hate the redcoats.

[@johnny_pilot]

Awesome! I now definitely want to become a diver!

[@deepdiversi5913]

Have done your course yet?

[@baguetteman8153]

@@deepdiversi5913 I hope he’s still alive

[@christianmarkle1574]

Good on 'ya!

[@braveheart196]

The filming is so good I won't even try to find fault

[@JAFPyroxX]

Too bad they all got scuttled. British should have saved some so they could have become museums.

[@tonypearce3217]

Good viz!

[@garymattscheck9066]

How deep is this?

[@michalslomka]

🐂

[@craftpaint1644]

From the war to end all wars 😐

[@jpgsf1978]

Ridiculous music !

[@christianmarkle1574]

Long live Holland and Scotland!

[@paulgrimm7842]

Beautiful Music

[@marekmalinowski2679]

U47 bravo

[@ssobergruppenfuhrerpeanut3674]

poopyfarts didnt do that he was with me the whole time doing his crewmate tasks

[@bombousboy]

An excellent video with excellent music. Thank you.

[@deepdiversi5913]

what is the pipe music?

[@harpel13]

Rosalind Richards - Celtic Wind kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHyTZpSKg72JfcU

[@harpel13]

I copied this soundtrack from thr vid Orkney Islands - The Old Man of Hoy kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJaQdYdtjaeiZ5Y

[@stevep5408]

Had a thought, would the German ships have been of use to the British in WW2. Then had another thought, would that knucklehead Eden have returned them as part of his appeasement policy before the outbreak of hostilities in the 1930s? Alternative historical speculation is mind boggling!

[@williamwoods8022]

Steve P - Maybe you should start to use your brain cell then you would realise how much you have been lied to about Hitler, WW2 and everything else - Google Paisley Expressions and the Jesus, Hitler and Wizard of Oz post on there just now and you will realise how much you have been lied to and wait till Part 2 gets posted soon to see what that is going to expose.

[@ramseybarber8312]

@SS Standartenfuhrer Hi I think that William Woods is one of THEM, Cheers.

[@cesarferreirasantana6162]

Sensacional;

[@robertphillips6296]

Sad end to a proud fleet.

[@AdstarAPAD]

What a huge waste of metal.. Just sitting there rusting away at the bottom of the sea..

[@davidrenton]

what's interesting is the steel is pre the Atomic bomb dropping, so it's unique and has particular uses that steel made after the 45. It's called Low-background steel and is used in things such as Geiger counters, Sensors , Medical equipment. The steel at Scapa flow has been the main source of such steel. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel

[@AdstarAPAD]

@@davidrenton Very interesting.. Well what will they do when this source of steel is lost? Could they filter the Oxygen to remove the radiation and produce this Pre atomic steel again?

[@matthewwilliams2709]

@@davidrenton not so much a demand anymore as the development of better foundry tech to produce radiation free steel is available at a very premium production cost but the technical products that require such steel are usually pricey so extra costing steel isn’t a issue. In the past it was true that such vintage steel was worth the salvage costs but now not so much

[@unclecrusty5476]

I wouldnt say an artifical reef is a waste