Scapa 100
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Scapa 100
@Scapa100
To plan for, celebrate and commemorate Scapa Flow as we approach the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI and the scuttling of the German Fleet
Scapa, Scotland Katılım Nisan 2016
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What an incredibly poignant talk from Lt Jen Smith on HMS Royal Oak at the @BSACdivers conference - absolutely blown away on the imagery and research as well as the call to remember the crew who lost their lives. #BSAC19Conf #Scapa
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So far so good!
Loads more to come at Scapa100 Conference. All are welcome at the talks and discussions over weekend, plus special tour of Stromness shoreline military sites on Sunday including @Ness_Battery
See scapa100conference.com for details and @StromnessMuseum for more.
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Conference starts today:
Scapa 100 The Orkney Story 17-20 October 2019
scapa100conference.com
Individual talk & session tickets available on the door.
All welcome!
#scapa100 #stromness #orkney @StromnessMuseum #heritage #salvage #marinebiology #history #localhistory #community
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@Scapa100 At least germans don't celebrate this action anymore but some people don't learn:
forces.net/news/75-years-…
independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-b…
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Commemorating the loss of HMS ROYAL OAK
80 years ago today.
835 lives lost
On board NLB PHAROS:
The bell from ROYAL OAK rung eight times.
@NLB_UK
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I've been invited to read my poem Peace-Land @OrkSciFest
It'll be a @Scapa100 double bill with The Day The Fleet Went Down directed by Liz Coward.
Saturday, 7th September. 2-3pm. Stromness Town Hall.
Tickets from: oisf.org
#scapa100 #OrkneySciFest
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A letter sent on behalf of the German Ambassador Dr Petter Wittig has thanked the #Orkney community for a 'remarkable' programme of events marking the recent centenary of the scuttling of the German Fleet in Scapa Flow @Scapa100 - orkney.gov.uk/OIC-News/Scapa…
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Torpedo found in Scapa Flow. Royal Navy divers carry out controlled explosion, 500m exclusion zone now lifted. facebook.com/31395967167/po…
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@nickisinatwist Ahoy...
Richard Dunley@redunley
100 years ago yesterday Admiral Jellicoe arrived at Sydney on board battlecruiser HMS New Zealand as part of his Empire Mission. Hear more about Jellicoe's Mission and its effect on imperial defence at the @UNSWCanberra interwar conference. unsw.adfa.edu.au/1919-1939-towa…
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Delighted to report that the missing @Scapa100 banner has been recovered!
Meanwhile, commemorative events and talks continue through the week.
Monday:
Scapa 100 Hub @ Warehouse Buildings 12-6.
Stromness Museum open until 8pm. @StromnessMuseum
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This link is to footage of the Scapa100 Commemorations broadcast on German TV ZDF: zdf.de/nachrichten/he…
@Scapa100 @NLB_UK
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@Scapa100 banner stolen from front of Stromnes. Hotel Sat pm (0033 Sun am on CCTV).
Any info call
Police Scotland 101
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@OnthisdayRN @blair_mayne @BBCBreakfast 15 in total, including those who died during internment before 21 June.
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#OnThisDay 100 years ago in 1919 Admiral Ludwig Von Reuter scuttled German High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow where they were impounded under terms of the #ww1 armistice.The 11 battleships, 5 Battlecruisers & 27 ships were sunk to avoid them being used by allies. 21 were also beached
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