These significant finds have been of great importance to modern understanding of traditional Nordic boat-building techniques.
Viking blockships at Roskilde
Additional Funding Boost for Scapa Flow Museum
MGS is providing £15,000, with a further £10,161 awarded by the Island of Hoy Development Trust
Temporary Scapa Flow Visitor Centre to Open
The Scapa Flow Museum at Lyness ,Hoy is to remain closed in 2019
William Sissons: A People’s Hero
The untold story of a remarkable man
Oil Tank on Hoy Set to Host a Visual And Sonic Feast
The concert is on Saturday 28th October at 1.30pm with entrance free.
Outstanding Collaborative Work Locates Pinnace of HMS Royal Oak
The location of this little ship was not known – until last month when the Shiptime Maritime Archaeology Project pinpointed the shipwreck on multibeam sonar, 300 metres from the main wreck site
Ghost Fishing Presentation, Stromness
Since 23rd September, the Ghost Fishing UK team have been working hard to remove “Ghost Fishing” gear from the shipwrecks submerged in Scapa Flow
Discovering the Last Resting Place of HMS Pheasant (1917)
Eighty nine crew were aboard HMS Pheasant when she was lost. Only one body was recovered
HMS Queen Elizabeth in Scapa Flow.
HMS Queen Elizabeth on sea trials, entering Scapa Flow from the Hoxa sound on the 2nd August 2017.
Scapa Flow Visit for HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier
The HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier set sail from Rosyth dockyard on Monday 26th June under the command of Captain Jerry Kyd to embark on her extensive sea trials.
