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The most intact World War II gun battery in Britain today. Gun emplacements, observation/.control
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Old Photographs Scapa Flow Orkney Islands Scotland
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Scapa Flow, meaning bay of the long isthmus, a body of water in the Orkney Islands. It is sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, South Ronaldsay and Hoy. Scapa Flow had been used many times for exercises in the years before World War I , and when the time came for the British fleet to move to a northern station, Scapa Flow was chosen for the main base of the British Grand Fleet, even though it was also unfortified. Following the German defeat in World War I, 74 ships of the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet were interned in Gutter Sound at Scapa Flow pending a decision on their future in the peace Treaty of Versailles. On 21 June 1919, after nine months of waiting, Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter, the German officer in command at Scapa Flow, made the decision to scuttle the fleet because the negotiation period for the treaty had lapsed with no word of a settlement. After waiting for the bulk of the British fleet to leave on exercises, he gave the order to scuttle the ships to prevent their falling into British hands. The Royal Navy made desperate efforts to board the ships to prevent the sinkings, but the German crews had spent the idle months preparing for the order. The British did eventually manage to beach the battleship Baden, the light cruisers Nürnberg, and Frankfurt together with 18 destroyers, but the remaining 52 ships, the vast bulk of the High Seas Fleet, were sunk without loss of life. Nine German sailors died when British forces opened fire as they attempted to scuttle their ship, reputedly the last casualties of World War I. At least seven of the scuttled German ships, and a number of sunken British ships, can be visited by scuba divers. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
Genetic maps - Professor Peter Donnelly FMedSci FRS | The Royal Society
Who are the British people? Where did they come from and how have they changed since the end of the ice age, when modern humans first came to the British Isles? How different are the people of Cornwall from those of Orkney or of East Anglia? Why are they different and what determines the differences?
Professor Peter Donnelly FMedSci FRS from the Genetic maps exhibit taking part in the 2012 Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition discusses his work.
WWII U.S. Sailors, Kirkwall, Orkney Island (full)
Freely downloadable at the Internet Archive, where I first uploaded it. Extracted from United States Naval Photographic Center film #1635. National Archives description 21) MS to MCU Executive officer inspecting crew dressed in dress blue Able.22) MS Two sailors walking down city street.23) MS Two sailors and two English Armed Service women.24) MS Sailors walking down street in Kirkwall, Orkney Island. (SV)25) MS Sailors standing by building, admiring architecture of structure.26) MS Sailors in park.27) MS Sailors and civilians on street; sailors wearing drees blue Able and flat hats.28) MS Sailors passing building, Bank of Scotland.29) MS Sailors and Britisn Service women looking at baby carriage. National Archives Identifier: 76113
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Scapa Flow
Scapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, South Ronaldsay and Hoy. The Harbour Authority area of Scapa Flow in Orkney has been measured as part of a wider consultation in ballast water management in 2013, and it has been accurately calculated that Scapa Flow is 324.5 square kilometres in area and that this area contains just under 1 billion cubic metres of water. This statistic makes Scapa Flow the second largest natural harbour in the World after Sydney Harbour, Australia. Scapa Flow is one of Britain's most historic stretches of water - located within the Orkney Islands, off the northeast coast of Scotland. Its sheltered waters have been used by ships since prehistory and it has played an important role in travel, trade and conflict throughout the centuries - especially during both World Wars. It is currently a world famous diving location with the wrecks of the scuttled German Fleet offering unique diving challenges. Scapa Flow is also a major oil port and served the Flotta Oil Terminal and is a prime location of ship-to-ship transfers of crude oil product and liquefied natural gas. The world’s first ship to ship transfer of LNG took place in Scapa Flow in 2007.
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Oil tank at the Kirkwall depot
1 of the oil tanks being repositioned at the shore street depot in Kirkwall, it is being lifted by Heddle construction.
Orkney in Five - Historical Sites
Every month at we ask local residents to share some of their recommendations about life in Orkney, including what to see, where to go and things to do. This month local historian Tom Muir showcases five of his favourite historical sites - highlighting the fact that, away from our main sites, there are real treasures to be found. Read more at
Jackie driving Isaac at the 2010 County Show
Jackie driving Isaac at the 2010 County Show, Kirkwall, Orkney. The first time Isaac had been shown in harness.
Above helmsdale
Above Helmsdale
Cove,Loch Ewe
This is the place where convoy ships with supplies left during WWII, going to and returning from, Murmansk and Archangel in Russia.
Visit of Valentina Golysheva from Archangel, of the Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communications, The Department of English for Humanities Training, who came to Britain to launch her book, A Flashback to the Russian Arctic Convoys, on HMS Belfast, on 8th February 2015. The book is dedicated to her father Georgy Golyshev, 1919-44, senior seaman, motor-mechanic of Northern Naval Fleet in Arkhangelsk, who lost his life at Kara Sea on August 12th 1944 in convoy BD-5. After the launch, Valentina travelled to Loch Ewe to see where the Convoys left for Archangel. George Milne, the Chairman of the Russian Arctic Convoys museum project, and also Francis and Mary, members of the project, helped to make the visit most interesting, showing Valentina and Elena Reid, Chairperson of the Highland-Russia Connection Charity, around the area.
The War At Sea Wk 19 2018
Join Scottish actor David Hayman as he explores Scotland’s role in the Royal Navy during WWI in this two-part series.
Part one starts at the beginning of the Great War, as the Royal Navy rushes to Orkney’s great natural harbour, Scapa Flow. Here, Hayman uncovers the compelling characters involved in this little-known naval war: cautious Admiral John Jellicoe and playboy Admiral David Beatty.
In part two, as German U-boats are sinking a dozen British ships every day, A d m i r a l Jellicoe warns that Britain may not be able to carry on the fight into 1918. But Britain still has a few tricks to play, and Hayman reveals the fascinating ploys used against the submarines in order to keep the U-boats at bay.
In Memory of H.M.S Royal Oak
In Memory of Royal Oak 833 men who lost their lives
North Ronaldsay Lighthouse - Tallest land-based lighthouse in the UK
Billy Muir, the former lighthouse keeper of North Ronaldsay Lighthouse, gives a tour of the lighthouse on a glorious June 20th day in 2012. Among the visitors is a couple from Yorkshire who berthed their yacht off Orkney's most northerly island for the day.
#46 | Panzer Corps | Operation Sealion - Orkney Island (1/4)
1 July 1941
The Orkney Island must be invaded in order to secure Scapa Flow, the main base of the infamous Royal Navy. After several bombing raids failed to have the desired effect, I am ordered to bring in my veteran troops. With the support of Kriegsmarine have to the Islands and their ports one by one and eliminate the remains of the British fleet.
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Difficulty is set to Rommel and we are trying to do a blind run here. I will explain some advanced tactics and my thougths about different strategic approaches. For explanations on basics and game mechanic I recommend watching my playthrough of the Wehrmacht campaign.
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Orkney International Science Festival 2013: Europe's Lost World
Orkney International Science Festival: Europe's Lost World Exhibition and Talks
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