Churchill Barrier No 1 Traditional Cache
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An easy cache near the north end of Churchill Barrier No 1. There are occasions during the winter in particular when the road across the Churchill Barriers is closed due to storms when the sea overtops the Barriers.
Stealth required as this parking area can be very busy!
On 14 October 1939, the Royal Navy battleship HMS Royal Oak was sunk at her moorings within the natural harbour of Scapa Flow, by the German U-boat U-47 under the command of Günther Prien. U-47 had entered Scapa Flow through Holm Sound, one of several eastern entrances to Scapa Flow.
The eastern passages were protected by measures including sunken block ships, booms and anti-submarine nets, but U-47 entered at night at high tide by navigating between the sunken block ships.
To prevent further attacks, First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill ordered the construction of permanent barriers. Work began in May 1940 and the barriers were completed in September 1944, but were not officially opened until 12 May 1945, four days after the end of World War II in Europe.
The cache is a 35mm film canister with log and pencil.
Super views across Scapa Flow from this location
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(Decrypt)
Vafvqr punaary oruvaq n ebpx!