Mighty dive of a battle ship. König-class battleship, 175.4m x 29.5m, 25,796t (Full load: 28,600t), Armament: 10 × 30.5cm (12inch) guns, 14 × 15cm guns, 10 × 8.8cm guns, 5 × 50cm torpedo tubes.
Silt++ 2-3m vis. Down the shot line to the hull of the wreck then further down/off the edge to the sand bank, the deck of the wreck appeard upside down. Slight swim into the overhead environment and ginormous barrel of the cannon appears. Sight swim inwards and another cannon's body appears right above our head, and its barrel extends further out. A few large box-rooms are sited next to the barrel. Sligh swim in further and another cannon barrel appears, partially buried into the sandbank.
Swum out of the overhead area to the starboard side and continue towarsa the bow, spotting several wreckage and layers of ship armours. Turned around at the bow and back to the line.
After saying good-bye to my buddies, I continued swimming further to the stern, passing a maasive observing tower. Greeted with Bob (fin tag) who was spotting a gun for me but I've missed the sign and off to continue observing the tower. Second time when Bob signed for a gun, I got a message and managed to see it. Swum to the stern, spotting several port holes and anchor chain holes.
On the way back, returned to the gun and took a posterior aspect of the gun barrel.
Returned to the line but swum back towards the bow with temptation to drop back to the bottom to see the forward cannon again, but I've managed to suppress such an idea with my fuzzy narked brain at the depth and maintained with the original plan returning to the boat. -with Graham + Dan
📍Scapa Flow, Stromness
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12 окт 2024
