CONTENTS

PART I
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BASE[1]
PART II
SCENES AROUND SCAPA FLOW[29]
PART III
THE NAVY AT SCAPA FLOW[59]
PART IV
THE GERMAN SHIPS AT SCAPA FLOW[97]

ILLUSTRATIONS

"The Sure Shield of Britain and of her Empire" Frontispiece
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Map of Scapa Flow and the Orkney IslandsTo 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]