Orkney Islands, north of the mainland of Scotland
Listening to the tour guide, I heard about what happened during WWII in Scapa Flow, the waterway within the Orkney Islands, the German U-boat U47 had snuck in and torpedoed the battleship HMS Royal Oak. On 14 October 1939, Royal Oak was anchored at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland, when she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-47. Of Royal Oak‘s complement of […]