HMS Royal Oak was one of five Revenge-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Completed in 1916, the ship first saw combat at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Grand
Scapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, South Ronaldsay and Hoy. Its sheltered waters have played an important role in tr
Scapa Flow viewed from its eastern end in June 2009
Scapa Flow in April 1942
King George VI visiting the Home Fleet based at Scapa Flow, March 1943