Lyness Naval Museum, Hoy, Orkney (i)
Posted in History, Museums, Trips at 12:00 on 27 November 2017
The Scapa Flow Visitor Centre and Museum is almost directly ahead of you as you disembark from the ferry at Lyness, Hoy.
It’s not very prepossessing from the outside but is packed with exhibits relating to the miltary use of Scapa Flow in the two World Wars.
Several naval guns lie in the forecourt:-
You’ll see in the first picture two information boards. This board relates to the complex as a whole:-
Also exterior to the main museum is this example of anti-torpedo netting:-
Tags: First World War, HMS Hampshire, Hoy, Lyness, Lyness Naval Museum, Orkney, Scapa Flow Visitor Centre and Museum, Second World War, the Great War, World War 1, World War 2, WW1, WW2, WWI, WWII
