Memorial HMS Opal and HMS Narborough
Text on the memorial:
IN MEMORY OF
THE 188 MEN
WHO PERISHED
HERE WHEN HMS
NARBOROUGH
AND HMS OPAL
WERE LOST ON
THE ROCKS OF
HESTA DURING
THE SNOWSTORM
OF 12 JAN. 1918.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Orkney Islands Council
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