We were eight divers for the expedition "The wrecks of Scapa Flow". After three different flights, we finally landed at Kirkwall lying north of Scotland in the Orkney islands. Our main objective was to dive the famous wrecks of the German Fleet sunk in the bay of Scapa Flow. All scuttled during their internment on the 21st of June 1919. Out of the 70 ships originally sunk, only seven were not refloated. The weather conditions in this part of the world are not always the easiest. It can get cold (even in the middle of July) and the visibility can drop to less than 10m. However for wreck lovers, Scapa Flow is the place to be. The depth of the bay calls for Nitrox on all the "deeper" wrecks allowing a pretty complete visit on a single dive (if enough gas of course).

In 2001 we will come back to Scapa Flow for a Nitrox week and a Trimix week. The Nitrox week is open to all divers not wishing to go deeper than 45m and the Trimix week for experienced divers holding Trimix certification (if you are interested please contact us). Out of the bay their are many wrecks lying in deeper waters between 45m and 112m. The most famous ones are :

- James Barrie 45m (trawler)
- HMS Strathgarry 58m (HM drifter)
- HMS Hampshire 65m (cruiser)
- U18 73m (submarine)
- HMS Pheasant 76m (destroyer)
- HMS King Edward VII 112m (battleship)