Visualisation by Sonar System

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3D Visualisation of the wreck of HMS Royal Oak 

• on the seabed of Scapa Flow, 

• Orkney, UK 

• using a SeaBat 8125 multibeam sonar system.

• Courtesy of ADUS.

• www.adus-uk.com

The battleship HMS Royal Oak was sunk by torpedoes from a German U boat which had penetrated the British Navys main anchorage at Scapa Flow in Orkney. 

• 833 men lost their lives. 

• HMS Royal Oak lies in 30 metres of water, almost upside down with her upturned keel reaching to just 5 metres of the surface.

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