Royal Oak wreck/war grave marker buoy
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Royal Oak wreck/war grave marker buoy
Image: © Michael Shepherd Taken: 18 Jul 2012
Shows the relationship of Kirkwall to Scapa Flow and the relative nearness of the U-Boat when it sank one of the RN capital ships in 1939
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Image Location
Latitude
58.973985
Longitude
-2.96841