Places
Scapa Flow
A sheltered body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, which was the main base of the British Grand Fleet in the First World War. After the war the German fleet was scuttled there, and its wrecks are now a renowned diving site.
Mentioned in
- Chapter II Thirty-Seven Days to War §7 War Declared, Telegrams Crossed, 28–30 July
- Chapter V The Year of Attrition §6 Jutland: The Day of the Dreadnoughts
- Chapter XI War on Waves and Wings Overview§1 The Balance of 1914: Dreadnoughts and the Fleet in Being§10 Carriers, Tondern and the Scuttling at Scapa Flow