Churchill Barriers 1 2 3 Traditional Cache
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An easy driveby cache giving great views across Scapa Flow but, in particular, good views of three of the Churchill Barriers at once.
There are occasions during the winter in particular when the road across the Churchill Barriers are closed due to storms when the sea overtops the Barriers.
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.
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