Islands · Scottish Islands
Gutter Sound
Gutter Sound in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 4 h–12 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Gutter Sound is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Gutter Sound is a sound in the Orkney archipelago, Scotland, part of Scapa Flow. It lies to the west of the main harbour between the internal islands of Cava and Fara, and the large outer island of Hoy. Gutter Sound was one of the sites of the scuttling of the interned Imperial German High Seas Fleet in 1919, and the scene of a major salvage operation in the 1920s. The remaining wrecks are frequently visited by recreational divers.
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Background
History
At the end of the First World War, Scapa Flow was the anchorage for the surrendered German High Seas Fleet; these vessels were anchored around the island of Cava, in the Sound itself and in the Flow between Cava and the Barrel of Butter skerry. In 1919 this was the scene of the fleet's mass scuttling. 12 capital ships and a number of smaller vessels went down in the Sound itself, the remainder in deep water between Cava and the skerry. A number of the sunken ships were salvaged by Ernest Cox during the 1920s. He used a variety of techniques, lifting the smaller ships with floating dry docks and hawsers. With the larger ships he patched all of the holes and then pumped the hulls with…
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- Coordinates
- 58.8508, -3.1872
- District
- Orkney Islands
- Postcode
- KW16 3NR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
Sources
- wikidata: Q19585725 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Gutter Sound (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Gutter Sound?
- Gutter Sound is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode KW16 3NR).
- What is Gutter Sound?
- Gutter Sound in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Gutter Sound?
- Drivers can use postcode KW16 3NR.
- Is Gutter Sound free to visit?
- Yes, Gutter Sound is free to enter.
- How do I get to Gutter Sound?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode KW16 3NR. It sits within the Orkney and Shetland parliamentary constituency.