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Scotland was defended by fighters of the Royal Navy, and were headquartered in Scapa Flow.
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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The islands also have a 50-square-mile natural harbor called Scapa Flow, which Winston Churchill in 1940 ordered enclosed by seawalls after a German submarine sank a British warship in the area.
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Scapa, which is based in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, employs 1,300 people worldwide and 238 staff in France at three sites, including Bellegarde.
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Mr. Choules witnessed the surrender of the German Imperial Navy, and later the scuttling of the German fleet of battleships at Scapa Flow off the coast of Scotland at the end of the war.
Last World War I Veteran Dies at 110 Stephen Bell 2011
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The re-cleaning was ordered by the Captain five minutes after poor little Tinker had just polished it to within an inch of its life whilst the ship was anchored in the middle of a very murky misty Scapa Flow.
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The BPF had been established in November 1944 with its main base at Sydney, Australia, and the advanced base at Manus in the Admiralties “Scapa Flow with bloody palm trees”.
Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010
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The BPF had been established in November 1944 with its main base at Sydney, Australia, and the advanced base at Manus in the Admiralties “Scapa Flow with bloody palm trees”.
Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010
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The re-cleaning was ordered by the Captain five minutes after poor little Tinker had just polished it to within an inch of its life whilst the ship was anchored in the middle of a very murky misty Scapa Flow.
The Tinker on Tour 2008
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The re-cleaning was ordered by the Captain five minutes after poor little Tinker had just polished it to within an inch of its life whilst the ship was anchored in the middle of a very murky misty Scapa Flow.
The Tinker on Tour 2008
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Salvaging WWII German U-Boats that were scuttled at Scapa Flow posted by Sean Salmon in nature, technology, war | * | 4 comments
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