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Memorial HMS Royal Oak
This memorial, in St Magnus Cathedral, commemorates the sailors of HMS Royal Oak, killed when the Royal Oak was sunk in nearby Scapa Flow by a German submarine early in World War II.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Simon Armstrong
Nearby
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- Italian Chapel Lamb Holm - Lamb Holm
- Remains Prisoner-of-War Camp Lamb Holm - Lamb Holm
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Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Graves St. Magnus Cathedral Churchyard - Kirkwall
- Commonwealth War Graves St Olaf’s Cemetery - Kirkwall
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Fortification
Ship wreck
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