Scapa Flow

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body of water natural harbour roadstead

Scapa Flow is a large, sheltered natural harbour in the Orkney Islands of Scotland, historically significant as a major Royal Navy base and the site of notable World War I and II naval events.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Scapa Flow canonical 74
Scapa Flow naval base 4
Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water ⓘ
natural harbour ⓘ
roadstead ⓘ
attackedBy German U-boat U-47 ⓘ
connectedBy Churchill Barriers ⓘ
containsWreck German battleship SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm ⓘ
German battleship SMS König ⓘ
German battleship SMS Markgraf ⓘ
German cruiser SMS Brummer ⓘ
HMS Royal Oak ⓘ
multiple German destroyers ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse oil terminal operations vicinity ⓘ
shipping anchorage ⓘ
defendedBy anti-submarine defences ⓘ
coastal batteries ⓘ
governedBy Orkney Islands Council ⓘ
hasActivity recreational diving ⓘ
wreck diving tourism ⓘ
hasFeature relatively narrow entrances ⓘ
wide, deep anchorage ⓘ
hasStatus protected wreck sites ⓘ
war grave (HMS Royal Oak site) ⓘ
historicalUse main base of the British Grand Fleet in World War I ⓘ
main base of the British Home Fleet in World War II ⓘ
locatedIn North Sea ⓘ
Orkney Islands ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
nameEtymology derived from Old Norse "Skalpaflói" ⓘ
nameLanguage Old Norse ⓘ
nearestTown Kirkwall ⓘ
Stromness ⓘ
notableEvent scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet ⓘ
sinking of HMS Royal Oak ⓘ
notableEventDate 14 October 1939 ⓘ
21 June 1919 ⓘ
partOf Orkney Islands ⓘ
surface form: Orkney archipelago
region Northern Isles ⓘ
shelteredBy surrounding Orkney islands ⓘ
strategicImportance control of North Sea access ⓘ
protection of Atlantic approaches ⓘ
usedAs fleet anchorage ⓘ
naval base ⓘ
usedBy Royal Navy ⓘ
usedDuringConflict World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
waterType saltwater ⓘ

Referenced by (93)

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

Hoy → hasBodyOfWater → Scapa Flow ⓘ
RNAS Scapa Flow → location → Scapa Flow ⓘ
RNAS Scapa Flow → partOf → Scapa Flow ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scapa Flow naval base
RNAS Scapa Flow → garrison → Scapa Flow ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scapa Flow anchorage
Orkney Mainland → contains → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Orkney Islands → contains → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Orkney Islands → hasImportantHarbour → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Grand Fleet → base → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Grand Fleet → locationOfHeadquarters → Scapa Flow ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands
Imperial German Navy → notableEvent → Scapa Flow ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scapa Flow internment
SMS Seydlitz → scuttledAt → Scapa Flow ⓘ
SMS Derfflinger → internedAt → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Longhope → hasViewOf → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Lyness Naval Base → locatedInBodyOfWater → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Lyness Naval Base → partOf → Scapa Flow ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scapa Flow naval complex
Lyness Naval Base → controlledAccessTo → Scapa Flow ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scapa Flow anchorages
Lyness → locatedBy → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Lyness → overlooks → Scapa Flow ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scapa Flow naval anchorage
Home Fleet → garrison → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Home Fleet → garrison → Scapa Flow ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands
Home Fleet → headquarters → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Graemsay → locatedInBodyOfWater → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Graemsay → hasCoastlineOn → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet → locationOfHeadquarters → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet → garrison → Scapa Flow ⓘ
HMS Hampshire, near Orkney, Scotland → homePort → Scapa Flow ⓘ
subject surface form: HMS Hampshire
this entity surface form: Scapa Flow area (operational base)
Orphir → locatedOn → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Orphir → hasCoastlineOn → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Bay of Firth and Kirkwall area → nearbyWaterBody → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Ward Hill (Mainland Orkney) → hasViewOf → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Holm and Tankerness area → hasCoastlineOn → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Scapa Bay → partOf → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Scapa Bay → partOfMilitaryArea → Scapa Flow ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scapa Flow naval base
Scapa Bay → hasViewOf → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Wideford Hill → overlooks → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Stromness Hills → locatedNear → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Stromness Hills → hasViewOf → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Stromness → locatedOnCoastOf → Scapa Flow ⓘ
St Marys → coast → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Keelylang Hill → hasViewOf → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Bay of Hoxa Sound → locatedNear → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Bay of Hoxa Sound → connectedTo → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Burray → locatedInBodyOfWater → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Bay of Orphir → hasShorelineOn → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Bay of Orphir → hasViewOf → Scapa Flow ⓘ
Bay of Clestrain → locatedInBodyOfWater → Scapa Flow ⓘ
High Seas Fleet → internedAt → Scapa Flow ⓘ
HMS Iron Duke → homePort → Scapa Flow ⓘ
HMS Iron Duke → locationWhenDamaged → Scapa Flow ⓘ
King George V class → homePort → Scapa Flow ⓘ