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Cur-fodha an ‘Royal Oak’
Rè nan ciad sheachdainean den Dàrna Cogadh, tràth air 14 Dàmhair 1939 chaidh ‘HMS Royal Oak’ a chur fodha le toirpeadan bho bhàt’-aigil Gearmailteach.
Bha ‘HMS Royal Oak’ air acair aig Scapa Flow an Arcaibh. Chaidh a toirpeadadh le bàt’-aigil Gearmailteach U-47 bho cheannas Kapitan‐Lieutenant Günther Prien. Ann am mionaidean chaidh i sìos fo na tuinn.
Bha ceudan de sheòladairean a' strì airson am beatha san fhuachd reòite le ola einnsein air feadh an àite. Thog an tràlair bheag ‘Daisy II’ 386 de fhir ’s de ghillean às an uisge.
B' e cur-fodha an ‘Royal Oak’ an call bu mhotha air gillean-seòlaidh ann an tuasaid sam bith leis a' Chabhlach Rìoghail roimhe sin no às a dhèidh. De na 833 seòladairean a chaidh a chall, b' iad gillean eadar 14 agus 18 a bh' ann an 120 dhiubh.
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See the first sonar created images of the HMS Royal Oak and learn about the complicated process of removing oil and fuel from the wreck with this BBC news footage. -
Explore the wreck of HMS Royal Oak on Scapa Flow seabed, Orkney, with this 3-D visualisation. -
Own a copy of the 70th anniversary edition of Last Dawn, a detailed account of the sinking of the battleship HMS Royal Oak. -
A website dedicated to the 833 men who lost their lives in the sinking of battleship HMS Royal Oak. Explore useful links to videos, photographs, family requests and more. -
Able Seaman Stanley Cole was one of the lucky survivors of HMS Royal Oak tragedy in 1939. Read his remarkable story as featured in The Orcadian newspaper.
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