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Scapa Flow

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Scapa Flow

Large protected sea area in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, between Mainland, Flotta, South Ronaldsay, and Hoy, until 1957 a base of the Royal Navy. It was the main base of the Grand Fleet during World War I and in 1919 was the scene of the scuttling of 74 surrendered German warships (62 of which have since been salvaged). It was reactivated as a base in World War II. It is now an attraction for scuba divers.

A German U-boat penetrated the anchorage on 14 October 1939, and sank the battleship Royal Oak with the loss of 810 men.
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1939: The Royal Navy battleship Royal Oak was torpedoed and sunk in Scapa Flow.
ON THIS DAY IN .. by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
The 300,000-dwt Malaysian Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) Bunga Kasturi Dua will arrive in Scapa Flow off Scotland's Orkney Islands and load two cargoes of Ekofisk in a ship-to-ship transfer from one of its own vessels and one cargo from an Italian Aframax, Orkney Harbour said on its website.
ConocoPhillips puts Ekofisk crude in VLCC for storage by Oil & Gas News
The man was exploring a wreck in Scapa Flow, off the Orkney Islands, but failed to resurface.
Diver goes missing in North Sea by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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