Scapa Flow
The Reminiscences of Men and Women Who Served in Scapa Flow in the Two World Wars
2nd Edition
Published on 22. July 2019
320 pages
978-0-7509-9279-4 (ISBN)
Description
Scapa Flow, a vast, natural harbour in the Orkney Islands, served as the Royal Navy's main base during the two world wars, from where ships sailed to the Battle of Jutland in the First and in convoy to northern Russia in the Second. Thousands of men and women saw service in and around this remote anchorage, including soldiers and sailors who crewed the ships and manned the lonely batteries, and Wrens, nurses and civilians who were posted there.
Scapa Flow brings together their memories - the bleak isolation, its implacable winds and glorious sunsets, the camaraderie and good humour - forming a compelling portrait of a unique war station that left its mark on all who served there.
Scapa Flow brings together their memories - the bleak isolation, its implacable winds and glorious sunsets, the camaraderie and good humour - forming a compelling portrait of a unique war station that left its mark on all who served there.
Reviews / Votes
'A book to dip into ... But once you start dipping it takes a grip.' * <i>Sunday Times</i> * 'A fascinating book of deep interest.' * <i>Yorkshire Post</i> * 'A story which for a long time has been crying out to be told and which could not have been put across with more verve and understanding.' * <i>Orcadian</i> *More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Illustrations
55 Illustrations, black and white
File size
11,58 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7509-9279-4 (9780750992794)
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Malcolm Brown | Patricia Meehan
Scapa Flow
The Reminiscences of Men and Women Who Served in Scapa Flow in the Two World Wars
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07/2019
2nd Edition
The History Press Ltd
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Persons
MALCOLM BROWN was for many years a BBC documentary producer; in 1966 he co-produced with Patricia Meehan the highly successful film Scapa Flow, which led to the publication of this book. Since 1989 he has been a freelance historian at the Imperial War Museum, and is now best known for his books on military subjects, including Tommy Goes to War and a number of IWM books about the First World War. PATRICIA MEEHAN spent several years as a welfare worker in post-war Germany. She began a long career in television in the USA before joining the BBC, where she became a producer specialising in contemporary history. Upon leaving the BBC she became a writer. Her books The Unnecessary War and A Strange Enemy People deal with aspects of British and German relations before and immediately after the Second World War.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Map showing Scapa Flow
- Extracts from A Memorial to the Lords Commissioners of Admiralty
- Introduction
- Approach to Scapa Flow
- 1. Scapa
- 2. The 'Jellicoes'
- 3. The Pentland Firth
- 4. 'A City of Ships'
- The First World War
- 5. Setting up the Base
- 6. 'No World Outside the Ship'
- 7. 'Hands Coal Ship!'
- 8. Guarding the Fleet
- 9. Libertymen
- 10. Jutland
- 11. The Hampshire Disaster
- 12. The Vanguard Disaster
- 13. 'Waiting for Them to Come Out'
- 14. Strangers in the Flow
- The Second World War
- 15. Loss of the Royal Oak
- 16. Bolting the Stable Door
- 17. The Orkney Barrage
- 18. 'In from Out'
- 19. The Small Ships
- 20. 'You Lucky People!'
- 21. 'Orkneyitis'
- 22. The Suicide Run
- 23. Six Hundred Men to One Girl
- 24. Making the Best of It
- Sunset
- 25. Paying Off
- List of Contributors
