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From BBC News - Scapa Flow diver, 53, dies in Orkney
And Diver airlifted from Scapa Flow wreck site dies in hospital - The Daily Record
Background info Scapa Flow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A diver has died after an incident at Scapa Flow in Orkney.
The unresponsive 53-year-old man, who was believed to have been exploring a scuttled German wreck, was airlifted to Balfour Hospital in Kirkwall on Sunday.
Northern Constabulary said the man, who has not yet been named, was pronounced dead later that day.
A force spokesperson said: "A full report on the circumstances, which do not appear to be suspicious, has been submitted to the procurator fiscal."
And Diver airlifted from Scapa Flow wreck site dies in hospital - The Daily Record
A diver airlifted from the water off the coast of Orkney has died, police have said.
The 53-year-old man was pulled from the waters of Scapa Flow after police received reports about an unresponsive diver at around 12.40pm yesterday.
The man, who has not been named, was taken to Balfour Hospital in Kirkwall where he was later pronounced dead.
Northern Constabulary said a report on the circumstances, which they said are not suspicious, have been submitted to the procurator fiscal.
The man was believed to have been exploring underwater naval wrecks.
Scapa Flow lagoon is popular with divers because of the amount of wrecks hidden beneath its waters.
It was the main anchorage of the Royal Navy and has many relics left of British naval history.
In June 1919 the interned German navy scuttled most of its High Seas Fleet there to prevent them from falling into Allied hands. Eight of the vessels remain there.
Background info Scapa Flow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia