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2. Scapa Flow - Wikipedia

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   Scapa Flow (/ ˈ s k ɑː p ə, ˈ s k æ p ə /; from Old Norse Skalpaflói 'bay of the long isthmus') [1] is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, [2] South Ronaldsay and Hoy. Its sheltered waters have played an important role in travel, trade and conflict throughout the ...

3. Free-Stater (Kansas) - Wikipedia

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   1855 Free-State poster in Kansas Territory, calling for action against slavery supporters and slavery-supporting laws. Free-Staters was the name given to settlers in Kansas Territory during the "Bleeding Kansas" period in the 1850s who opposed the expansion of slavery. The name derives from the term "free state", that is, a U.S. state without ...

4. Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow - Wikipedia

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   Internment at Scapa Flow on 25 March 1919 The fleet at Scapa Flow in November 1918. The naval historian Arthur Marder described the state of affairs on board the German ships during the internment as "one of complete demoralization". He identified four reasons that exacerbated the situation: lack of discipline, poor food, lack of recreation and ...

5. Kansas Business Owners: File Your Quarterly Wage Report ... - AOL

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   The Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) collects unemployment taxes and fees for the purpose of paying unemployment benefits, administers Kansas labor laws, provides labor market information and ...

6. File:Internment at Scapa Flow.svg - Wikipedia

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   Date: 3 August 2009 (original upload date) Source: Own work using: Base map and ship locations: en:File:Internment at Scarpa Flow.jpg (Reuter, Ludwig von (1921) (in german) Scapa Flow: das Grab der Deutschen Flotte, Leipzig, Germany: Hase & Koehler, Second plate after p. 16 Retrieved on 31 July 2009.)

7. Rysa Little - Wikipedia

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   It is situated in the Scapa Flow just offshore from the much larger island of Hoy and nearby is the islet of Cava. Between Rysa Little and Fara lies Gutter Sound , the scene of the mass- scuttling of the interned German Imperial High Seas Fleet in 1919.

8. Gutter Sound - Wikipedia

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   Gutter Sound within Scapa Flow Gutter Sound is four miles long and a mile wide at its widest point, and has a depth of around 30 meters in places. It separates Hoy and Cava in the north, and Hoy and Fara in the south, opening onto Scapa Flow between Cava and Fara.

9. File:Block Ship, Scapa Flow.jpg - Wikipedia

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   To protect the British Fleet during the early part of WW2 ships were deliberately sunk in the eastern approaches to Scapa Flow to prevent German U-Boats from getting amongst the ships at anchor: Date: 26 August 2008, 14:29:16: Source: Flickr: Block Ship, Scapa Flow: Author: John Haslam: Permission (Reusing this file)