This great harbour : Scapa Flow
Hewison, W. S.1990
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Known by mariners since Viking times as a safe anchorage in notoriously savage waters, Scapa Flow is the seaway that runs between the Orkney mainland and the island of Hoy. As the northern base of the Royal Navy and Allied fleets in two world wars, it witnessed some of the most seminal events in modern naval history. It was from here that The Grand Fleet set off in 1916 to do battle at Jutland; it was from that Lord Kitchener sailed to his death aboard the Hampshire; it was here that the surrendered German fleet was scuttled in May 1919; and it was here that 800 sailors lost their lives in October 1939 when HMS Royal Oak was torpedoed by a German submarine.The late W.S. Hewison's book is the ultimate history of this remarkable place. In addition to the military story, he also tells about the impact war had on the native island community as their remote archipelago was transformed into the hub of Britain's naval war machine
Main title:
This great harbour : Scapa Flow / W. S. Hewison.
Author:
Hewison, W. S., author
Edition:
2nd edition.
Imprint:
Kirkwall : Orkney Press, 1990.
Collation:
xi, 390 pages, (22) pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 22 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Previous edition : 1985.Maps on lining papers.Includes bibliography and index.
ISBN:
09076182439780907618249
Dewey class:
914.1132941.09359
Local class:
941.12940.45
Language:
English
Subject:
Index terms:
HarboursHistoryOrkney (Scotland)NAVAL BASES ROYAL NAVY WORLD WAR I WORLD WAR II BRITISH WARSHIPS GERMAN NAVY GERMAN WARSHIPS AERODROMES GRIMSETTER 1940-1945 SKEABRAE AEROPLANES MILITARY AIRSHIPS ARMY LIFE 1914-1918 1939-1945 BALLOONS KITE BATTERIES LONGHOPE STROMNESS NESS BATTERY BATTLE OF JUTLAND, 1916 BATTLE OF KNARSTON, 1154 BATTLE OF SUMMERDALE, 1529 ASQUITH, Herbert PRIME MINISTER VISITS
BRN:
927742
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