View from hill to West

Description View from hill to West

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 652615

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of C 66543 CN

Scope and Content 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 view of Lyness (left) and Rinnigill (right) on either side of Ore Bay shows, in the middle right foreground, the intermediate pump house for the underground tanks. To the right, the building seen here end-on can be identified as the former laundry, and, on the extreme left, is the group of buildings which made up the NAAFI and recreation centre close to one of the piers. On the right, clearly visible in the distance beyond the buildings and pier at Rinnigill is the Crockness Martello Tower, one of a pair built at the mouth of the anchorage of Long Hope in 1813-15. 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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