Ostasiengeschwader
Bound became more involved in deep-ocean archaeology. In 2014–15, he led a search for the Imperial German East Asia Squadron, sunk during the Battle of the Falkland Islands in 1914, and since then in AUV and ROV surveys in depths up to 6000 m. He eventually located the squadron's flagship, , in April 2019, 105 years after her sinking.