| "The Sure Shield of Britain and of her Empire" | Frontispiece |
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| Map of Scapa Flow and the Orkney Islands | To face [xx] |
| H.M.S. "Cyclops" at Long Hope | [1] |
| St. John's Head, Hoy | [5] |
| Drifter Net-Boom Defence at Houton | [7] |
| Sunken Ships between St. Margaret's Hope and Burray | [7] |
| The Grand Fleet Base at Long Hope, 1916, looking towards Weddel Sound | [9] |
| Closer View of the Base Ships at Long Hope | [9] |
| H.M.S. "Imperieuse" at Long Hope | [11] |
| H.M.S. "Victorious" at Scapa Flow | [12] |
| R.F.A. "Ruthenia" | [13] |
| Torpedo Sub-Depôt Ship "Sokoto" lying in the Inner Hope | [14] |
| The Brough of Birsay, off which H.M.S. "Hampshire" was lost on 6th June, 1916 | [14] |
| Driving off from the First Hole on Flotta | [15] |
| Children's Race at Long Hope Sports | [16] |
| Watching the Sports | [16] |
| A Boxing Match on Flotta | [17] |
| A Ship's Garden at Crockness | [18] |
| U.S.S. "New York" leading the 6th Battle Squadron into Scapa after crossing the Atlantic | [19] |
| Harvest Festival | [20] |
| The "Green Room" of a Battleship; Officers making up for a Show | [21] |
| German Battleship "Kaiser" entering the Boom at Scapa Flow for Internment at Dawn on 26th November, 1918 | [23] |
| The German Ships interned at Scapa | [23] |
| German Battle Cruiser "Derfflinger" Four Minutes before finally Sinking, 2.45 p.m., 21st June, 1919 | [24] |
| Vice-Admiral Sir R. J. Prendergast making his Farewell Address on H.M.S. "Victorious," 15th February, 1920 | [25] |
| Good-bye to Scapa! | [26] |
| View looking South from Houton Bay | [29] |
| Wideford Hill and the "Peerie Sea" | [32] |
| Loading Stores at Scapa Pier | [32] |
| Kirkwall Harbour from the Cathedral Tower | [33] |
| Albert Street, Kirkwall | [34] |
| St. Magnus Cathedral from the Earl's Palace | [35] |
| Old Houses in Kirkwall | [36] |
| Stromness from the Sea | [37] |
| Houton Bay Air Station | [38] |
| The Clestron Barrier, Stromness | [39] |
| The Standing Stones of Stennis | [40] |
| The Ring of Brodgar | [40] |
| The Tumulus of Maeshowe | [41] |
| The Entrance to Maeshowe | [41] |
| A Winding Road in Hoy | [42] |
| Ward Hill and Graemsay Island from the Sea | [43] |
| Ward Hill—the Road to Rackwick | [44] |
| Ward Hill from the East | [44] |
| The Old Man of Hoy | [45] |
| The Dwarfie Stone | [46] |
| The New Stone Wall and Pier, Lyness | [47] |
| Crofts near Lyness | [47] |
| Excavations at Lyness in Connection with the Building of the Wharf | [48] |
| The First Train in Orkney | [48] |
| Sunset over the Martello Tower, Crockness | [49] |
| The Martello Tower, Crockness | [49] |
| View looking through the Martello Tower, Crockness, towards Long Hope | [50] |
| Melsetter—on the Road from Lyness to Long Hope | [51] |
| Long Hope Pier and Post Office | [52] |
| Long Hope Hotel | [52] |
| Kirk Hope, South Walls | [53] |
| Cantick Lighthouse, South Walls | [53] |
| Digging the Peats—Hoy | [54] |
| Carting Home the Peats | [54] |
| Horse and Ox Harrowing | [55] |
| Loading Sea-Weed for Manure | [55] |
| An Orkney Cart | [55] |
| Making Straw-backed Chairs, Orkney | [56] |
| Interior of an Orkney Cottage | [57] |
| Spinning | [58] |
| Battle Squadron exercising in the Flow | [59] |
| Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty on the Quarterdeck of H.M.S. "Queen Elizabeth" | [62] |
| H.M.S. "Queen Elizabeth" | [63] |
| H.M.S. "Revenge" and Ships of the First Battle Squadron at Scapa | [64] |
| H.M.S. "Ramillies" | [64] |
| H.M.S. "Resolution" | [64] |
| H.M.S. "Royal Oak" | [64] |
| Fourth Battle Squadron exercising in the Flow | [65] |
| Battleships "Orion," "Monarch," and "Conqueror" in the Flow | [66] |
| Battleships "Colossus," "St. Vincent," and "Bellerophon" exercising in the Flow | [66] |
| H.M.S. "Renown" | [67] |
| H.M.S. "Tiger": A Famous Ship of the Battle Cruiser Squadron | [67] |
| H.M.S. "Emperor of India" | [68] |
| H.M.S. "Whitshed" | [68] |
| H.M.S. "Barham" | [68] |
| Light Cruiser "Calliope" at Scapa | [69] |
| "Make and Mend" on Light Cruiser "Yarmouth" | [69] |
| The Deck of an Aeroplane Carrier, H.M.S. "Furious" | [70] |
| Submarine "G 13" alongside H.M.S. "Queen Elizabeth" | [71] |
| Submarine "K 16" under Way in the Flow | [71] |
| Officers of Submarine "K 7" in the Conning Tower | [71] |
| Marines Drilling on the Quarterdeck of a Battleship | [72] |
| General View of Captain's Sunday Morning Inspection | [73] |
| "Tidying Up" for Inspection | [74] |
| Officers and Men exercising on the Quarterdeck | [75] |
| "Holystoning" | [76] |
| Washing Down Decks | [77] |
| Stokers at Work | [78] |
| Church Service on H.M.S. "Queen Elizabeth" | [79] |
| Hospital Ships at Scapa Flow | [80] |
| H.M. Hospital Ship "Magic II.," afterwards renamed "Classic" | [80] |
| Transferring a "Cot Case" from a Battleship to the Hospital Ship Drifter | [81] |
| Dentist at Work on a Battleship (H.M.S. "Collingwood") | [82] |
| H.M.S. "Imperieuse" with Fleet Mail Steamer "St. Ninian" and Mail Drifters from the Fleet alongside | [83] |
| Mail Boat "St. Ola" coming alongside H.M.S. "Victorious" | [83] |
| Sorting Mails for the Fleet on H.M.S. "Imperieuse" | [84] |
| Distributing Newspapers for the Fleet (H.M.S. "Imperieuse") | [85] |
| Dockyard Workmen leaving H.M.S. "Victorious" for Work in the Fleet | [86] |
| Repairing a Steam Pinnace on the Slipway at Lyness | [86] |
| School Children's Entertainment on H.M.S. "Victorious" | [87] |
| Three of the Young Orcadian Guests | [87] |
| "No Coupons Required" | [88] |
| Crew of Drifter "Shalot" | [89] |
| Lifting Chain Cables | [89] |
| Mooring Vessel "Recovery" at Scapa Flow | [89] |
| U.S.S. "Patuxent" and "272" alongside H.M.S. "Victorious" for Repairs | [90] |
| American Minesweepers in the Floating Dock for Repairs | [90] |
| A Damaged British Destroyer being repaired in the Dock | [90] |
| S.S. "Borodino," Junior Army and Navy Stores' Store-Ship with the Grand Fleet | [91] |
| Interior of Shop on S.S. "Borodino" | [91] |
| A Corner of an Officer's Cabin | [92] |
| Fishing for Sea-Trout | [93] |
| A Ship's Picnic | [93] |
| A Bathing Party | [93] |
| The Naval Cemetery at Lyness | [94] |
| The "Hampshire" Memorial | [94] |
| An Interesting Stone to the Memory of a Chinaman who died at Scapa | [94] |
| The "Malaya" Memorial | [95] |
| The "Vanguard" Memorial | [95] |
| Making for Home | [96] |
| The Scuttling of the German Ships | [97] |
| H.M.S. "Lion" entering Hoxa Boom, Scapa Flow, at Head of German Battle Cruisers, 25th November, 1918 | [100] |
| H.M.S. "Repulse," "Renown," "Princess Royal," and "Tiger" Escorting German Battle Cruisers through Hoxa Boom, 25th November, 1918 | [100] |
| German Battle Cruiser "Seydlitz" entering Hoxa Boom, 25th November, 1918 | [102] |
| German Battle Cruiser "Von der Tann" entering Hoxa Boom, 25th November, 1918 | [102] |
| German Battle Cruiser "Moltke" entering Hoxa Boom, 25th November 1918 | [103] |
| The Interned German Ships at Scapa | [103] |
| German Battle Cruiser "Seydlitz" | [104] |
| German Battle Cruiser "Moltke" at Scapa Flow | [105] |
| German Battle Cruiser "Derfflinger" at Scapa Flow | [106] |
| German Battle Cruiser "Hindenburg" at Scapa Flow | [106] |
| German Battleship "Friedrich Der Grosse" | [107] |
| German Battleship "Kaiserin" | [107] |
| German Light Cruiser "Köln" | [108] |
| German Destroyers at Lyness, with Battleships in the Distance | [108] |
| Plan of the Anchorage of German Ships at Scapa Flow | [110] |
| A Party of French Officers visiting the German Ships | [111] |
| German Battleship "Bayern" sinking by the Stern, 2 p.m., 21st June, 1919 | [112] |
| The Final Plunge of the "Bayern" | [113] |
| German Destroyers sinking or beached off the Island of Fara | [114] |
| German Sailors taking to the Boats | [115] |
| British Boarding Party alongside sinking German Destroyer | [116] |
| General View showing German Destroyers sinking on the Right and Battleships in the Distance, at 3.30 p.m., 21st June, 1919 | [117] |
| German Battle Cruiser "Hindenburg" as she now rests at Scapa | [118] |
| Whaler "Ramna" stranded on German Battle Cruiser "Moltke" 23rd June, 1919, taken just before "Ramna" refloated | [119] |
| German Cruiser "Nurnberg" immediately after being refloated at 2 p.m. on 3rd July, 1919 | [120] |
| Salvage Operations on Battleship "Baden" and Cruiser "Frankfurt" beached at Smoogroo | [121] |
| Salvage Work on the "Baden" | [122] |
| Pumping out the "Frankfurt" | [123] |
| Cruiser "Bremse," which capsized whilst being beached | [124] |
| Battle Cruiser "Seydlitz," lying on her Starboard Side in Shallow Water | [124] |
| Hoisting the Union Jack on a sinking German Destroyer | [125] |
| On the "Seydlitz" | [125] |
| "Baden" being towed South to Invergordon | [125] |
| Salving German Destroyer "G 102" | [126] |
| Salvage Party working on a German Destroyer | [127] |
| View showing Salved ex-German Cruisers and Destroyers at Long Hope, October, 1919 | [128] |
| The Salved German Cruisers "Nurnberg" and "Emden" in Long Hope Bay | [129] |
| View Looking Aft from After-Control Top of "Frankfurt" | [130] |
| View Looking Forward from the Same Position | [130] |
| Expansion Ring Marking on 6-Inch Gun "Nurnberg" | [131] |
| A Humorous Effort on the Part of One of Our Sailors | [131] |
| The Propeller Blade of the "Seydlitz" | [131] |
| Range-Finder and Searchlight Platform, "Nurnberg" | [132] |
| 88-Mm. Guns, "Nurnberg" | [132] |
| 6-Inch Gun on "Nurnberg" After-Turret | [133] |
| 5·9-Inch After-Breech, "Nurnberg" | [133] |
| Searchlight Control Platform, "Frankfurt" | [133] |
| 10·5-Cm. Gun on a German Destroyer | [134] |
| Torpedo Tubes on a Destroyer | [135] |
| Engine-Room Control Board, "Emden" | [136] |
| Lower Conning Tower, "Emden" | [137] |
| German Destroyer being towed South to Rosyth, March, 1920 | [138] |
| Blowing up the Minefields | [140] |
| Closer View of Mine Explosion | [140] |
| Salvage Operations on S.S. "Aorangi" | [142] |
| Sunset over the Hills of Hoy | [144] |