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Saturday, 22 June 2019

Scuttling of the German Fleet in Scapa Flow, 1919



Yesterday there were commemorations in Scapa Flow on the 100th anniversary of the scuttling of the German Fleet.  A number of German navy personnel lost their lives. They are buried in the Naval Cemetray at Lyness on Hoy and remembrances were made there. 

There's a link to a BBC News item

And to an animation of the 1991 scuttling of the fleet

The Scapa 100 Facebook page also has some interesting info
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  1. London Alison25 June 2019 at 16:07

    Fascinating. I have a letter from a distant ancestor who was one of the children from Stromness on The Kestrel

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