Captain Nigel Mills, director of Orkney Harbours, fears they could end up in
Scapa Flow. He said: "Any contamination by these vessels in these waters could be disastrous."
They fought at Jutland, were broken up in the same Scottish yard a week apart and I got to know the gunnery officer's grandson well," said Mr Jellicoe, of the
Scapa Flow Centenary Initiative.
Mr Choules recalled in his 2009 memoirs The Last of the Last: "We arrived back at
Scapa Flow at about 2pm to a most amazing sight.
He drowned at 125ft on a dive to German warships in
Scapa Flow off the Orkney Islands last November.
Timothy Robin Slocombe, 61, was pulled unconscious from the waters of
Scapa Flow off the coast of Orkney on Sunday.
Seventy-four Imperial German ships were scuttled at
Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands, in June 1919 to stop them falling into British hands.
Adverse sea conditions held up efforts to place a 35ft steel canopy over the Royal Oak which sank in
Scapa Flow.
The fifth was built in 1939 and formed part of the 18th Cruiser Squadron at
Scapa Flow, Orkney.
Navy divers placed a casket containing Fernleigh Judge's remains 90ft beneath the North Sea on the wreck of HMS Royal Oak at
Scapa Flow, Orkney, on Monday.
Steven Darren Ottewell, 38, of Cuddington, Cheshire, was exploring a wreck in
Scapa Flow off the Orkney Islands, but failed to resurface.
"The idea is to try to keep the interest in
Scapa Flow alive before divers go elsewhere.