Rob Larter · @PoLaRobs
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View of Cantick Head lighthouse from #RRSSirDavidAttenborough as we approach #ScapaFlow #OrkneyIslands this morning.
#orkneyislands #ScapaFlow #RRSSirDavidAttenborough
Fiona Grahame Orkney News Ltd · @fionaorkneynews
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On Sunday 25th of April, 1937, James Conboy was killed when he fell from the top of one of the oil tanks. A jury led inquiry was held to establish how James Conboy had died and if anyone was to blame. The inquiry was held in Kirkwall Sheriff Court before a jury of 7 men.
#ScapaFlow #Orkney #Hoy #LynessNavalBase
#RoyalNavy
https://theorkneynews.scot/2023/07/21/james-conboy-remembering-the-workers-of-lyness/
#royalnavy #lynessnavalbase #hoy #orkney #ScapaFlow
Fiona Grahame Orkney News Ltd · @fionaorkneynews
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#Orkney #RoyalNavy #ScapaFlow
Refuelling the Royal Navy: Worthington-Simpson Pumps
https://theorkneynews.scot/2023/07/20/refuelling-the-royal-navy-worthington-simpson-pumps/
Fiona Grahame Orkney News Ltd · @fionaorkneynews
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Fiona Grahame Orkney News Ltd · @fionaorkneynews
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Undiscovered Scotland · @UndisScot
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Hackness Martello Tower on the island of South Walls in Orkney. It was built in 1814 to guard Longhope Sound, part of Scapa Flow, from attack by the French and by US privateers. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/hoy/hackness/index.html
#Scotland #HacknessMartelloTower #SouthWalls #Orkney #Longhope #ScapaFlow #UndiscoveredScotland
#undiscoveredscotland #ScapaFlow #longhope #orkney #southwalls #hacknessmartellotower #scotland
Liz · @lizmeyer
142 followers · 1597 posts · Server mastodon.scot@lvdompselaar @fionaorkneynews @Janealogy Visited the new Scapa Flow Museum at Lyness last week. What a wonderful transformation. Can highly recommend a visit. Lovely wee cafe too. #ScapaFlow #hoy #Orkney
Undiscovered Scotland · @UndisScot
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The view east from the slopes of Wee Fea on the island of Hoy in Orkney, taking in Lyness and, beyond it, Scapa Flow and the islands of Fara and Flotta. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/hoy/lyness/index.html
#Scotland #Hoy #Lyness #ScapaFlow #Flotta #Orkney #UndiscoveredScotland
#undiscoveredscotland #orkney #flotta #ScapaFlow #lyness #hoy #scotland
Dr Robert N. Winter :ver: :pm: · @robert
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#OnThisDay 1939 HMS ROYAL OAK was torpedoed by U-47, Commanded by Kapitanleutnant Gunther Prien at the Royal Navy Home Fleet base at #ScapaFlow 834 of the 1,234 crew were killed. RN Divers ensure that the White Ensign still flies from ROYAL OAK to this day.