The delicate painted surface on rough hessian has suffered over time
Sea Eagles, Stockins and Sojers
Hoy, is the most dramatically spectacular of the inhabited islands of Orkney.
Temporary Scapa Flow Visitor Centre to Open
The Scapa Flow Museum at Lyness ,Hoy is to remain closed in 2019
Wartime Artefacts on Show at Orkney Museum
A small selection of the wonderful artefacts normally on display at the Scapa Flow Visitor Centre (Lyness Museum),Hoy, can be seen at Orkney Museum, Kirkwall
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 Tern
It was on the 9th May 1945 that the last plane took off from HMS Tern also known as Royal Naval Air Station Twatt, Orkney.
Bernie Bell: Rerwick, Tankerness
patterns which look vaguely human, reminds me of some ancient rock art
Scapa Flow Visitor Centre
The visitor centre itself is located within the old pumping station and is simply hotching with exhibits.
The Royal Oak Memorial Garden, Kirkwall
It is when you see the photographs and the personal messages that the horror and death that occurred in the early hours of that Autumn day really hit home.
The Italian Chapel
Inside, visitors today gasp in awe and what was constructed out of whatever could be utilised.