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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 ...
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.)
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 ...
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.
The Scapa oil field is located in Block 14/19 on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf. It is about 4.5 km southwest of the Claymore installation. It is about 4.5 km southwest of the Claymore installation.
To the west are the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the natural harbour of Scapa Flow is to the east. Hoy Sound connects to Scapa Flow via Burra Sound to the south of the island of Graemsay and Clestrain Sound to this island's north. [1] The Bay of Ireland north of Hoy Sound communicates with Loch of Stenness and Loch of Harray. [2]
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: ...
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