SMS Cöln
SMS Cöln was a light cruiser in the German Kaiserliche Marine, the second to bear this name, after her predecessor SMS Cöln had been lost in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include SMS Kronprinz and SMS Markgraf.
SMS Kronprinz
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
SMS Kronprinz was the last dreadnought battleship of the four-ship König class of the German Imperial Navy. The battleship was laid down in November 1911 and launched on 21 February 1914. SMS Kronprinz is situated 3,500 feet southwest of SMS Cöln.
SMS Markgraf
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
SMS Markgraf was the third dreadnought battleship of the four-ship König class. She served in the Imperial German Navy during World War I. The battleship was laid down in November 1911 and launched on 4 June 1913. SMS Markgraf is situated 1 mile southwest of SMS Cöln.
Barrel of Butter
Islet
Photo: George Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Barrel of Butter, formerly known as Carlin Skerry, is a skerry in Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hangaback and Houton.
Houton
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Houton is a settlement 5 miles southeast of Stromness on the island of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Orphir, and is situated on a minor road off the A964. Houton is situated 2½ miles northwest of SMS Cöln.
Orphir
Village
Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Orphir is a parish and settlement on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is approximately 9 miles southwest of Kirkwall, and comprises a seaboard tract of about 7 by 3+1⁄2 mi, and includes Cava and the Holm of Houton. Orphir is situated 2½ miles north of SMS Cöln.
SMS Cöln
- Type: Scuba diving
- Description: 1916 Cöln-class cruiser
- Categories: light cruiser, cruiser, shipwreck, historic site, disaster remains, and sports location
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.89805° or 58° 53′ 53″ northLongitude
-3.14583° or 3° 8′ 45″ westOpen location code
9CCRVVX3+6MOpenStreetMap ID
node 663869630OpenStreetMap feature
historic=wreckOpenStreetMap feature
sport=scuba_divingWikidata ID
Q155159
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Satellite Map
Discover SMS Cöln from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Spanish—“SMS Cöln” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Кьолн (лек крайцер, 1916)”
- Bulgarian: “Кьолн”
- Chinese: “科隆号小巡洋舰”
- Chinese: “科隆号轻巡洋舰”
- Chinese: “科隆號小巡洋艦”
- Chinese: “科隆號輕巡洋艦”
- Dutch: “SMS Cöln”
- French: “SMS Cöln”
- German: “Cöln II”
- German: “Cöln”
- German: “Kreuzer Köln”
- German: “Leichter Kreuzer Köln”
- German: “SMS Cöln”
- Greek: “SMS Cöln”
- Hebrew: “קלן (סיירת, 1916)”
- Hebrew: “קלן”
- Irish: “SMS Cöln”
- Japanese: “ケルン”
- Persian: “اساماس کولن (۱۹۱۶)”
- Persian: “اساماس کولن”
- Polish: “SMS Cöln”
- Russian: “SMS Cöln (1917)”
- Russian: “SMS Cöln”
- Spanish: “SMS Cöln”
- Spanish: “SMS Köln”
- “SMS Cöln”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include SMS Brummer and Barrel of Butter lighthouse.
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