SCAPA FLOW

skăpˈə, area of water, 15 mi (24 km) long and 8 mi (12.9 km) wide, in the Orkney Islands, off N Scotland. It is bounded by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, South Ronaldsay, and Hoy. Scapa Flow was Britain's main naval base in both world wars. Lyness, on Hoy, was the headquarters. The British vessel Vanguard exploded in Scapa Flow in July, 1917, and the German fleet was scuttled there in 1919. In Oct., 1939, a German submarine penetrated the area and sank the Royal Oak, causing the British fleet to withdraw until 1940. The Churchill Barrier was begun the same year to block the eastern entrance to Scapa Flow by sinking 250,000 tons of concrete in the sounds linking Mainland, Burray, South Ronaldsay, and two smaller eastern islands. The barrier now forms a causeway linking Mainland to South Ronaldsay. The naval base was closed in 1956.

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books on: Scapa Flow  - 400 results

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The Grand Scuttle: The Sinking of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919
Book by Dan Van Der Vat; Birlinn, 1997
Subjects: Arms Race--Europe--History--20th Century, Salvage--Scotland--Scapa Flow--History--20th Century, Scapa Flow Scuttling, Scotland, 1919, World War, 1914-1918--Naval Operations, German
...sinking of the German fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919 By the same author The...sinking of the German fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919 Dan van der Vat Birlinn...PREFACE 11 INTRODUCTION: Scapa Flow, 21 June 1919 17 PART I: A study...
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The Royal Navy and Scotland
Book by Brian Lavery; Tuckwell, 2001
Subjects: Great Britain--Royal Navy--History, Scotland--History, Naval
...Unicorn at Dundee The Home Fleet at Scapa Flow Sunken ships blocking Kirk Sound...invasion. Even a spot as isolated as Scapa Flow can become the hub of naval history...Shetland in fog and found themselves in Scapa Flow, where they anchored in Swanbister...
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Power at Sea - Vol. 1
Book by Lisle A. Rose; University of Missouri Press, 2007
Subjects: Marine Engineering--Technological Innovations--Social Aspects, Naval History, Navies--History, Sea-Power--History, War And Society
...it up in a phrase shortly before the war, telling his monarch, George V, that with possession of the vast harbor of Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands at the top of the North Sea, and the narrow Straits of Dover compressing the English Channel...
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Battleship Bismarck: A Survivor's Story
Book by Freiherr von Burkard Mullenheim-Rechberg, Jack Sweetman; Birlinn, 2001
Subjects: Bismarck (Battleship), Germany--Kriegsmarine--World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations, German
...Grimstadfjord and the Journey North 107 11 Alarm in Scapa Flow 121 12 Lutjens's Operational Decisions 124...Norwegian coast, the dummy ships intended to deceive us in Scapa Flow, the location of the Bismarck by British direction...
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Naval Strategy and Operations in Narrow Seas
Book by Milan N. Vego; Frank Cass, 1999
Subjects: Coast Defenses, Naval Strategy, Naval Tactics, Sea Control
...350 and 475 nautical miles, respectively, distant from Scapa Flow in the Orkneys, while only 40 nautical miles separates...the Shetlands, was 170 miles away from Bergen, while Scapa Flow was 240 miles from Stavanger. The route through and along...
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"Leather" and the Fighting Spirit: Sport in the British Army in World War I
Journal article by Eliza Riedi, Tony Mason; Canadian Journal of History, Vol. 41, 2006
Subjects: British history, 1914-1945, Great Britain (World War I)--History, Sports--History, Sports--United Kingdom, United Kingdom. Army--History
...sports facilities at the naval base at Scapa Flow. A football ground was built by fleet...although one ordinary seaman still found Scapa Flow "monotonous" and the football pitch...53) Admiral Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa, The Grand Fleet 1914-1916 (London...
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German Assessments of British-Australian Relations, 1901-1914
Journal article by Peter Overlack; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 50, 2004
Subjects: Australia--History, Australia--International relations, Australian foreign relations, British foreign relations, International relations, United Kingdom--History, United Kingdom--International relations
...PA-AA, R 19,287, Irmer-Bulow, 29 March 1909. (44) On the "Dreadnought-scare" see A. J. Marder, From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow. The Royal Navy in the Fisher Era, 1904-1919 (London, 1961), Vol. 1, p. 151f.; Meaney, The Search for Security, pp...
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Imagined Power: The Secret Life of Colonel House
Journal article by David M. Esposito; The Historian, Vol. 60, 1998
Subjects: House, Edward M.--Conduct of life, Political consultants--Moral and ethical aspects, Wilson, Woodrow--Conduct of life
...chips by allowing the French to occupy the German Rhineland and permitting the British to intern the German fleet at Scapa Flow.(48) House not only claimed he could do things that he could not do and had experience in areas about which he knew...


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Titanic Scale
Magazine article by Jan Morris; New Statesman, Vol. 132, January 12, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Castles of Steel (Book)--Book reviews
...of the First World War, they made their way to their Scapa Flow anchorage "like giants bowed in anxious thought". It...demoralised High Seas Fleet finally scuttling itself in Scapa Flow, it is a truly allegorical conclusion to an almost Olympian...
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Charles Maclean's St Kilda: Island on the Edge of the World
Magazine article by Will Self; New Statesman, Vol. 129, November 27, 2000
Subjects: Authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Maclean, Charles--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...stormy Pentland Firth, rounding the magnificent sea cliffs of Hoy, before landing at Stromness in the relative calm of Scapa Flow. I didnt find the Orkneys at all to my taste. The islands were bare shading to stark, the vernacular architecture seemed...
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A Nostalgic Trip on the Scotch Express
Magazine article by Leslie Gardiner; Contemporary Review, Vol. 269, September 1996
Subjects: Railroad travel--Personal narratives
...One of the last journeys I made from Euston was on a winter night in wartime, embarking on the interminable trip to Scapa Flow. Even then I recaptured the holiday mood, as the smoke and blackout gave way to the dawn. Always on that route it seemed...
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'That Golden Knight' Drake and His Reputation
Magazine article by John Cummins; History Today, Vol. 46, January 1996
Subjects: Drake, Francis--Biography, Explorers--Biography
...wrote in The Times that the drum was heard in Devon before Trafalgar, and after the surrender of the German fleet at Scapa Flow the officers of the Royal Oak heard the persistent beating of a drum. In 1940, some months after Isaac Foot, the Liberal...
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The Courtship of James Reston
Magazine article by Richard Norton Smith; Columbia Journalism Review, Vol. 41, November 2002
Subjects: Scotty: James B. Reston and the Rise and Fall of American Journalism (Book)
...Harvard I want my son entered") that was sophisticated enough to evade British censors trying to hide naval losses at Scapa Flow. Four years later Reston won the first of his two Pulitzer Prizes by ferreting out secrets of the Dumbarton Oaks conference...
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newspaper articles on: Scapa Flow  - 85 results

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SHALLOW GRAVES; Watery End: The Bayern Sinking in Scapa Flow
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 24, 2008
...Watery End: The Bayern Sinking in Scapa Flow. Byline: Jim McBeth BENEATH...its eventual, infamous demise at Scapa Flow. In the Firth of Forth, on a cold...interned off the Orkney Islands at Scapa Flow and the Allies were arguing over...
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Deepest Sympathy; Final Moments: HMS Royal Oak after Being Torpedoed in Scapa Flow by a U-Boat
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 15, 2008
...Royal Oak after Being Torpedoed in Scapa Flow by a U-Boat. Byline: David Hartley...fired from U-47 and went under in Scapa Flow, killing 833 sailors. Now one of...fellow survivors made a pilgrimage to Scapa Flow as divers placed his ashes, wrapped...
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YOU'RE THE DIVER IN ISGUISE; THE KING LIVES ON ON WETSUIT FASHION Elvis Masks Go Down a Storm in Scapa Flow
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), June 12, 2006
...FASHION Elvis Masks Go Down a Storm in Scapa Flow. Byline: By Bob Dow ELVIS is...he has been spotted underwater in Scapa Flow, Orkney. But its not the latest in...with sequins. The couple have run Scapa Scuba from an old lifeboat shed in...
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High Bids at Scapa Auction
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 17, 2007
Subjects: Auctions
High Bids at Scapa Auction. RELICS from German battleships sunk in Scapa Flow after the First World War were among a treasure trove that made pounds sterling223,680 at auction yesterday. A ships telegraph...
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Record Business Insider: Ports Storm Ahead; Development Plans Promise Cargoes Boost for Scotland
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), August 20, 2004
...Hunterston on the Ayrshire coast and at Scapa Flow in Orkney are being promoted by councils...destined for the United Kingdom. Scapa Flow could act as a transshipment port...trans-shipment market. Both Hunterston and Scapa Flow have natural deep-water access, and...
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encyclopedia articles on: Scapa Flow  - 5 results

 
 
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Scapa Flow
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SCAPA FLOW skap , area of water, 15 mi (24 km...Graemsay, Burray, South Ronaldsay, and Hoy. Scapa Flow was Britains main naval base in both world...The British vessel Vanguard exploded in Scapa Flow in July, 1917, and the German fleet was...
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Hoy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Islands . It is located at the southwestern side of the Scapa Flow anchorage. Ward Hill (1,565 ft/477 m) is one of many...moor. Lyness, on the east coast, was headquarters of the Scapa Flow naval base. The Old Man of Hoy, a sandstone pinnacle...
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Mainland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...it is also called Pomona. Kirkwall , the seat of the Orkney Islands council area, is on the island. Kirkwall Bay and Scapa Flow deeply indent its shores. The interior has hills, moors, several lakes, and fertile valleys. Cattle and sheep are raised...
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Orkney Islands
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Norn (a form of Norse) until the 18th cent. James V visited Kirkwall in 1540 and made the Orkney Islands a county. Scapa Flow , S of Mainland, was Britains major naval base in World Wars I and II. The islands have many prehistoric relics. Stone...
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Fisher, John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Bacon (1929), R. A. Hough (1969), R. F. Mackay (1973), and J. Morris (1995); A. J. Marder, From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow (5 vol., 1961 70). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia...


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