View from SW.
D 17617
Description View from SW.
Date 30/5/1997
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number D 17617
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 654069
Scope and Content World War II power station, World War I and II Naval Base, Lyness, Hoy, Orkney Islands At Lyness on Hoy, close to the sounds which made up the main fleet anchorage, naval quarters, stores and an oil depot were established during World War I and were considerably developed in World War II to become the Base Headquarters, HMS Proserpine. The base came to include an extensive area for the repair of anti-submarine boom nets, 16 above-ground oil storage tanks and, beneath the nearby hill of Wee Fea, six very large underground fuel tanks which were capable of storing some 100,000 tons of oil. This large, brick-built structure on the southern shore of Mill Bay is one of two surviving power stations which generated and supplied electricity to the Lyness base in World War II. The main body of the building, which has clearly been extended at the end furthest from the camera, housed the diesel-powered generators, while the side wing or 'aisle' provided offices, workshops and garages, presumably for the fuel tenders. At the heart of the Orkney archipelago, Scapa Flow was the main fleet anchorage for the Royal Navy during both World Wars. Its vital importance led to the creation of one of the most concentrated defence networks in Britain. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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