RNAS Scapa Flow

E12187

Royal Naval Air Station military air base

RNAS Scapa Flow was a key First World War seaplane and airship station in the Orkney Islands that supported the Royal Navy’s Grand Fleet operations from the major anchorage at Scapa Flow.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bay of Scapa Flow approaches	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Naval Air Station ⓘ military air base ⓘ
basedAircraftType	airship ⓘ seaplane ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
era	World War I ⓘ
garrison	Scapa Flow ⓘ surface form: Scapa Flow anchorage
hasFunction	anti-submarine warfare support ⓘ convoy escort support ⓘ fleet protection ⓘ fleet reconnaissance ⓘ maritime patrol ⓘ
historicalUse	naval aviation support station ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Scotland ⓘ
locatedNear	North Sea ⓘ Orkney Mainland ⓘ
location	Orkney Islands ⓘ Scapa Flow ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
operator	Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
partOf	Scapa Flow ⓘ surface form: Scapa Flow naval base
served	Grand Fleet ⓘ
serviceBranch	Royal Navy ⓘ
strategicImportance	major base for North Sea operations ⓘ
strategicRole	air cover for Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow ⓘ
theatre	Atlantic theatre of World War I ⓘ North Sea theatre of World War I ⓘ
usedFor	airship operations ⓘ seaplane operations ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orkney Mainland → contains → RNAS Scapa Flow ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bay of Scapa Flow approaches

Royal Naval Air Service → notableBase → RNAS Scapa Flow ⓘ