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Battleship Royal Oak sunk in Scapa Flow

1939

The German U-47 submarine enters Scapa Flow (Orkney), the base of the British Home Fleet, on the 14th October and sinks the battleship Royal Oak at anchor with the loss of 833 souls.


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