Bay of Ayre; Holm; ORKNEY; SCOTLAND
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Date: 08 October 1940
Location: Bay of Ayre; Holm; ORKNEY; SCOTLAND
Coordinates (lat, lon): 58.888840, -2.914332
Description: In the early hours of 14 October 1939, the German submarine U-47, commanded by Lt Gunther Prien, slipped between the blockships of Kirk Sound and sank HMS Royal Oak, at anchor in Scapa Flow. This image, taken almost a year later, on 8 October 1940, shows the location of several elements in the Orkney defences developed since that episode: two anti-aircraft batteries west of St Mary's and a military camp to the east, coastal gun batteries on Burray and Lamb Holm and the chain of blockships in Kirk Sound and Holm Sound.
Location: Bay of Ayre; Holm; ORKNEY; SCOTLAND
Coordinates (lat, lon): 58.888840, -2.914332
Description: In the early hours of 14 October 1939, the German submarine U-47, commanded by Lt Gunther Prien, slipped between the blockships of Kirk Sound and sank HMS Royal Oak, at anchor in Scapa Flow. This image, taken almost a year later, on 8 October 1940, shows the location of several elements in the Orkney defences developed since that episode: two anti-aircraft batteries west of St Mary's and a military camp to the east, coastal gun batteries on Burray and Lamb Holm and the chain of blockships in Kirk Sound and Holm Sound.
Image type: Vertical
Scale: 13200
Scale: 13200