Brummer, Light Cruiser wreck dive, Scapa Flow
This minelaying cruiser rests on her starboard side on the flat sandy seabed at 36 metres. The wreck rises up to 22 metres at its shallowest point.
The bow of the SMS Brummer has a curved and graceful stem; it was engineered for speed. The bow points roughly to the north and its tip rests on the seabed. Both the port and starboard anchor chains run across the deck and around the two capstans before disappearing down their spurling pipes and into the chain lockers. I came across these lockers as I made my way through the ship in a great swim through.
Further aft the top deck is peeling away from the hull and now curves over the superstructure of the ship. Four 5.9 inch guns would have been mounted along the centre line of the SMS Brummer. The forward gun now rests on the seabed, still pointing toward the bow, this is seen at the beginning of the video. One of my favourite Scapa flow dives.