Scapa Flow

American  

[skah-puh, skap-uh] / ˈskɑ pə, ˈskæp ə /

noun

1. an area of water off the N coast of Scotland, in the Orkney Islands: British naval base; German warships scuttled 1919.

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Scapa Flow British  

/ ˈskæpə /

noun

1. an extensive landlocked anchorage off the N coast of Scotland, in the Orkney Islands: major British naval base in both World Wars. Length: about 24 km (15 miles). Width: 13 km (8 miles)

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Scapa Flow

"The thing about diving in these areas north of Scapa Flow is the water clarity improves dramatically," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2023

Orkney-based Scapa Flow Charters was sued by his son Vincent, nine, in a legal action through his mother Debbie.

From BBC ● May 10, 2022

Scapa Flow Charters' lawyers claimed Mr Warner had a duty to walk across the deck carefully because he had fins on and was carrying heavy equipment.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2021

The battle, fought on 31 May 1916 between the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet, based at Scapa Flow in Orkney, and the German High Seas Fleet, was the biggest naval engagement of World War One.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2015

But the really fatal effect of such a defeat would have been that it would no longer have been necessary for the British to sequestrate a hundred or more destroyers at Scapa Flow.

From The Victory At Sea by Burton J. Hendrick