Large boilers in the pumping station

Lyness and South Walls

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June 13th 2017
13 June 2017 We took the van on the mid-morning ferry to Lyness on the island of Hoy. Lyness is on the shores of Scapa Flow and in both world wars was an important naval base as a large part of the British Fleet was anchored near there. In an old oil pumping station, we looked around an exhibition describing the main events of the time including the 1919 scuttling of many German ships th ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more