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 Natural History Museum in London and Orkney's Scapa Flow Museum are both nominated for the £120,000 award.

From BBC ● May 22, 2023

Mr Warner and a group of friends had been making a deep water technical dive off a wreck, on board Scapa Flow Charters' boat MV Jean Elaine.

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

Under the terms of the Armistice which had ended the war they were to hand themselves over in the Firth of Forth, before being brought to the lonely Orkney anchorage of Scapa Flow.

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2014

Harwich has also been recently made into an especially strong naval base, and, further, the roadstead of Scapa Flow in the Orkney Isles has been enlarged into a cruiser station.

From Germany and the Next War by Friedrich von Bernhardi

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