The Grand Fleet Base at Long Hope, 1916, looking towards Weddel Sound.
"Cyclops." "Victorious." "Assistance." "Imperieuse." "Ruthenia."
Closer View of the Base Ships at Long Hope.
Towards the end of October, 1914, the Base, owing to weather conditions, was moved from Scapa Bay to Long Hope, where it remained until April, 1919, when it was transferred to Lyness, where a substantial sea-wall was in process of completion, and where the Floating Dock was moored. Here it still remains, though of it "Ichabod" must be written, for it retains only a shadow of its former activities. The Fleet itself lay north of Weddel Sound, and the auxiliaries were disposed between Long Hope and Gutter Sound (see [map]).
H.M.S. "Imperieuse" at Long Hope.