Scapa Flow Scapa Flow Scapa Flow (/ˈskɑːpə, ˈskæpə/; from Old Norse Skalpaflói 'bay of the long isthmus') is a body of water in the Orkney Islands... 26 KB (3,351 words) - 08:01, 25 February 2024 |
Scapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney Islands. Scapa Flow may also refer to: Scapa Flow (band), an electronic body music band Scapa Flow (film),... 461 bytes (88 words) - 13:20, 16 July 2020 |
Scapa Flow Museum is a war museum in Lyness on the Island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. Housed within a refurbished Romney hut and oil fuel pump house at the... 4 KB (311 words) - 12:41, 19 February 2024 |
Scapa Flow was a Swedish EBM band, formed in 1988, and was one of the icons of the new EBM and synth scene that emerged in Sweden in the late 80's. The... 6 KB (638 words) - 00:35, 20 November 2022 |
Scapa Flow (1924–1928) was an American Thoroughbred race horse, a son of Man o' War. He first came to prominence in 1926 after winning the 43rd running... 4 KB (372 words) - 02:51, 5 August 2023 |
Günther Prien (section Second patrol: Scapa Flow) British battleship HMS Royal Oak at anchor in the Home Fleet's anchorage in Scapa Flow. Prien was one of three children of a judge and completed his basic education... 55 KB (7,248 words) - 15:07, 7 March 2024 |
HMS Royal Oak (08) (category World War II shipwrecks in Scapa Flow) suitable for front-line duty. On 14 October 1939, Royal Oak was anchored at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland, when she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-47... 81 KB (9,623 words) - 14:58, 13 February 2024 |
Churchill Barriers (redirect from Scapa Flow Barriers) the natural harbour of Scapa Flow, by the German submarine U-47 under the command of Günther Prien. U-47 had entered Scapa Flow through Holm Sound, one... 13 KB (1,055 words) - 23:01, 24 April 2024 |
established in August 1914 and disbanded in April 1919. Its main base was Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. Formed in August 1914 from the First Fleet and... 10 KB (973 words) - 09:47, 3 October 2023 |
High Seas Fleet (section Internment at Scapa Flow) November 1918, the Allies interned the bulk of the High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow, where it was ultimately scuttled by its crews in June 1919, days before... 43 KB (6,029 words) - 13:23, 1 April 2024 |
Scapa Flow is a 1930 German drama film directed by Leo Lasko and starring Otto Gebühr, Claire Rommer and Claus Clausen. It is set around the Wilhelmshaven... 3 KB (178 words) - 23:05, 20 December 2023 |
Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands (redirect from Flag Officer, Scapa Flow) Orkney and Shetland Islands and operating and defending the fleet base at Scapa Flow that was the main anchorage for both the Home Fleet and Grand Fleet at... 10 KB (552 words) - 20:24, 15 November 2023 |
Scuttling (section German fleet at Scapa Flow (1919)) warships of the German High Seas Fleet were scuttled by their crews at Scapa Flow in the north of Scotland, following the deliverance of the fleet as part... 32 KB (3,705 words) - 00:27, 27 April 2024 |
repairs by Cammell Laird, and returned to Scapa Flow on 1 July 1942. The battleship did not leave Scapa Flow until 18 December when she finally resumed... 34 KB (4,004 words) - 01:33, 2 April 2024 |
SMS Von der Tann (category World War I warships scuttled at Scapa Flow) Von der Tann, along with most of the High Seas Fleet, was interned at Scapa Flow pending a decision by the Allies as to the fate of the fleet. The ship... 61 KB (7,944 words) - 10:57, 7 April 2024 |
between bases at Scapa Flow and at the Firth of Forth in Scotland. Texas began her mission five days after her arrival at Scapa Flow, when she sortied... 108 KB (12,240 words) - 17:31, 25 April 2024 |
into Scapa Flow on 29 May after completing the mission. While in Scapa Flow, King George VI inspected Wichita on 7 June. Wichita left Scapa Flow on 12... 44 KB (5,896 words) - 08:55, 22 February 2024 |