Description
Product ID: | 9781846033667 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Fortress |
Title: | Scapa Flow |
Subtitle: | The defences of Britain's great fleet anchorage 1914-45 |
Authors: | Author: Angus Konstam, Peter Dennis |
Page Count: | 64 |
Subjects: | Naval forces and warfare, Naval forces & warfare, Military and defence strategy, Defence strategy, planning & research, Orkney Islands, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1) , c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating A strategically important natural harbor in the Orkney Islands, Scapa Flow served as Britain's main fleet anchorage during World Wars I and II. In 1914 and again in 1939, the British began building a comprehensive defensive network by fortifying the entrances to Scapa Flow, and then extended these defenses to cover most of Orkney. A strategically important natural harbor in the Orkney Islands, Scapa Flow served as Britain''s main fleet anchorage during World Wars I and II. It held Jellicoe''s Grand Fleet from 1914-18, and it was from here that it sailed out to do battle with the Germans at Jutland in 1916. In 1914 the British began building a comprehensive defensive network by fortifying the entrances to Scapa Flow and then extending these defenses to cover most of Orkney. These static defenses were augmented with boom nets, naval patrols and minefields, creating the largest fortified naval base in the world. |
Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2009-07-06 |