The History of Scapa Flow Museum, Lyness The old Royal Navy pumphouse at Lyness, along with one of the original oil tanks, were purchased by the Orkney Islands Council from the Ministry of Defence in 1980. It originally opened to the public in 1990, having been refurbished by the Special Projects Unit of the Orkney […]
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Scapa Flow Museum Part 2, The Galleries The new Scapa Flow Museum opens on Saturday 2nd July 2022. It is still based at the former fleet’s pumphouse at Lyness, next to the ferry terminal, but a new building has been erected to house the internationally important collections of artefacts from both World Wars. This blog
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Scapa Flow Museum Part 1, The Pumphouse The new Scapa Flow Museum opens on Saturday, 2nd July 2022. The historic pumphouse building has been restored back to its original appearance and a new world class exhibition space created where the historical artefacts relating to Scapa Flow in two World Wars can be safely displayed in
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Rare Photographs of Scapa Flow: Albert Göhler, SMS Hindenburg crew member, 1918-19 SMS Hindenburg in Scapa Flow. I was utterly delighted when I received a message from Aglef Kaiser via the Scapa Flow Museum Temporary Panels pages on this blog. He had found the post when looking for information about SMS Hindenburg’s time in Scapa
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World War I – German Fleet Surrender and Scuttle Panel from temporary exhibition at the Scapa Flow Museum. The text, with extra images, are featured in this blog. As part of the terms of the Armistice that brought fighting to an end in 1918, Germany had to surrender most of its Fleet. It was interned
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World War I – Salvage and Diving Panel from temporary exhibition at the Scapa Flow Museum. The text, with extra images, are featured in this blog. Between the wars the sunken German Fleet was salvaged by the firms Cox & Danks and Metal Industries Ltd., using compressed air to lift the wrecks. After World War
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World War II – Development of the Lyness Royal Naval Base Panel from temporary exhibition at the Scapa Flow Museum. The text, with extra images, are featured in this blog. In 1936 Lyness Naval Base was being prepared for another war. A larger fuel oil depot was required, as well as more wharfage and improved
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World War II – Defending Scapa Flow Panel from temporary exhibition at the Scapa Flow Museum. The text, with extra images, are featured in this blog. Most of the defences built during WW1 had been dismantled long before the outbreak of WW2, leaving Lyness vulnerable to attack. With the return of the Home Fleet, protection
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World War II – HMS Royal Oak Panel from temporary exhibition at the Scapa Flow Museum. The text, with extra images, are featured in this blog. HMS Royal Oak. The Royal Naval base at Scapa Flow was thought to be impregnable to submarine attack but German reconnaissance surveys identified a navigable channel into Scapa Flow
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World War II – Building the Barriers Panel from temporary exhibition at the Scapa Flow Museum. The text, with extra images, are featured in this blog. Permanently blocking the entrances to Scapa Flow had been suggested in 1912, but it was the loss of HMS Royal Oak in 1939 that prompted action. Winston Churchill, then
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