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 1,234 men and boys, 835 were killed that night or died later of their wounds. The loss of the outdated ship—the first of five Royal Navy battleships and battlecruisers sunk in the Second World War—did little to affect the numerical superiority enjoyed by the British navy and its Allies, but it had a considerable effect on wartime morale. The raid made an immediate celebrity and war hero of the U-boat commander, Günther Prien, who became the first German submarine officer to be awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. Before the sinking of Royal Oak, the Royal Navy had considered the naval base at Scapa Flow impregnable to submarine attack, but U-47‘s raid demonstrated that the German navy was capable of bringing the war to British home waters. The shock resulted in rapid changes to dockland security and the construction of the Churchill Barriers around Scapa Flow, with the added advantage of being topped by roads running between the islands.

The wreck of Royal Oak, a designated war grave, lies almost upside down in 100 feet (30 m) of water with her hull 16 feet (4.9 m) beneath the surface. In an annual ceremony marking the loss of the ship, Royal Navy divers place a White Ensign underwater at her stern. Unauthorised divers are prohibited from approaching the wreck under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Royal_Oak_(08)) Some had died because the oil on the surface caught fire.

While sitting in the coach I did remote work on the many ghosts still connected to that ship, asking for, and getting a lot of help from above.

Stones of Stenness, 3.5 stones still standing, markers where the rest had been. No ghosts, enjoyed the feelings of energies over the markers, one in particular had a ‘hiding’ energy, making me think of the Twelfth House of astrology.

Ring of Brodgar, better maintained, no ghosts.

Skara Brae, the first settlement, predating the pyramids by 2000 years. No ghosts. A nice feel to the place, busy and cozy.