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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 ...
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Scapa Flow (/ ˈ s k ɑː p ə / or / ˈ s k æ p ə /; from Old Norse Skalpaflói 'bay of the long isthmus' is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, South Ronaldsay and Hoy. It has a shallow sandy bottom not deeper than 60 metres (200 ft) and most of it about 30 ...
The British naval forces left at Scapa Flow comprised three destroyers, one of which was under repair, seven trawlers and a number of drifters. [24] [25] Fremantle started receiving news of the scuttling at 12:20 and cancelled his squadron's exercise at 12:35, steaming at full speed back to Scapa Flow. He and a division of ships arrived at 14: ...
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.
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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.)
Nevi Skerry is a skerry situated in Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. The skerry is situated approximately 1 km (0.62 mi) east of Flotta and approximately 2 km (1.2 mi) north-west of South Ronaldsay, at the northern end of the Sound of Hoxa. The schooner, Magnet, was wrecked on Nevi Skerry on 14 March 1847. [1] [2]