HMS Opal Gun

HMS Opal Gun is a memorial in Orkney Islands, Scotland. HMS Opal Gun is situated nearby to Scapa Flow Museum, as well as near the military installation Torpedo Depot.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Scapa Flow Museum and Royal Naval Cemetery, Lyness, Hoy.

Scapa Flow Museum

Museum

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Scapa Flow Museum is a war museum in Lyness on the Island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. Housed within a refurbished Romney hut and oil fuel pump house at the former Lyness royal naval base HMS Proserpine, the museum charts the history of Orkney's involvement in World War I and World War II.

Royal Naval Cemetery, Lyness, Hoy

Cemetery

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Royal Naval Cemetery, Lyness, Hoy is situated 2,800 feet west of HMS Opal Gun.

Crockness Martello tower

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Crockness Martello Tower is a Martello Tower on Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. It was built during the Napoleonic Wars, at the same time as the Martello Tower at Hackness. Crockness Martello tower is situated 1¼ miles southeast of HMS Opal Gun.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lyness and Longhope.

Lyness

Village

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Lyness is a village on the east coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Walls and Flotta, and is situated at the junction of the B9047 and B9048.

Longhope

Village

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Longhope is a coastal settlement on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland. South Walls is linked to Hoy by causeway; Longhope is the largest settlement on the two islands. The settlement is situated on the B9047, the main road on Hoy and South Walls. Longhope is situated 2½ miles south of HMS Opal Gun.