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| MAGELLAN unusually seemed to have tug assistance as she berthed in Kirkwall. HMCG vessel HERAKLES registered in Valetta, Malta - VIDEO CAPTURES Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Because it was to be a short visit shore excursions were quickly got under way - VIDEO CAPTURES Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Approaching the first of the Churchill Barriers - now referred to as causeways - en route to Burray and St Margaret's Hope - VIDEO CAPTURES Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The Italian Chapel adapted from two Nissen huts - VIDEO CAPTURES Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The Chapel was built by Italian prisoners of war and completed in 1944 - VIDEO CAPTURES Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The scars of war are still apparent. The remains of shore batteries and blockships bear testament to World War 2 when the series of four cuaseways were constructed after Gunther Prien’s daring U-boat raid - VIDEO CAPTURES Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Nature is beginning to re-establish itself on this particular causeway - VIDEO CAPTURES Malcolm McCrow | |
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| It was near this village of St Mary’s that U47 was caught briefly in car headlights – but the surfaced U-boat was not spotted - VIDEO CAPTURES Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The barriers were constructed too late. Kapitänleutnant Günther Prien successfully entered Scapa Flow in U47 - his victim was the battleship HMS ROYAL OAK - VIDEO CAPTURES Malcolm McCrow PHOTO Imperial War Mueum | |
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| It is interesting to note that drivers cross the causeway at their own risk! Note also how calm the water is on the lee side of the causeway compared to that on the windward side - VIDEO CAPTURES Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Scotland almost visible (left) as we head for St Margaret's Hope (right) - VIDEO CAPTURES Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Known locally as merely The Hope, it is a village with a population of about 550, making it Orkney's third largest settlement - VIDEO CAPTURES Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The excursion included complimentary morning coffee with homemade scones and rhubarb jam at the Sands Hotel next to this little harbour on the island of Burray - VIDEO CAPTURES Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The Scottish version of the British Coat of Arms adorns the former Customs House in Kirkwall's Albert Street - VIDEO CAPTURES Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Paved streets and narrow lanes are a feature of Kirkwall - VIDEO CAPTURES Malcolm McCrow | |
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Outside St Magnus Cathedral ceramic poppies flowed from the weeping window to commemorate the Battle of Jutland in 1916 - VIDEO CAPTURES Malcolm McCrow |
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| Beyond St Magnus Cathedral Albert Street perhaps not surprisingly leads into a very narrow Victoria Street - VIDEO CAPTURES Malcolm McCrow | |