Royal Oak Remembrance Garden
This memorial garden, which contains several memorials and other features (anchor, propellor), commemorates the 834 crewmembers of the HMS Royal Oak which were killed in 14 October 1939 when the ship was sunk by an U-Boat.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Orkney Islands Council
Nearby
Point of interest
- Churchill Barrier 1 - St. Mary's
- Italian Chapel Lamb Holm - Lamb Holm
- Remains Prisoner-of-War Camp Lamb Holm - Lamb Holm
Monument
- Cross of Sacrifice St. Olaf's Cemetery - Kirkwall
- Memorial HMS Royal Oak - Kirkwall
- Memorials St. Magnus Cathedral - Kirkwall
Cemetery
- War Graves St Olaf’s Cemetery - Kirkwall
- Commonwealth War Graves St. Magnus Cathedral Churchyard - Kirkwall
- Commonwealth War Graves Holm Parish Churchyard - Holm
Fortification
Ship wreck
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