A Small Norwegian Town: Kirkwall in the Middle Ages St Magnus Cathedral. Raymond Parks. This map from 1766 shows the Peerie Sea linked to Kirkwall Bay with Kirkwall extending along its eastern shore. Orkney Library & Archive. A small Norwegian town grew up in medieval times on a group of islands. It was on almost […]
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Model Ship from Jack Webster Social History Curator Ellen Pesci with the model of a Tribal Class destroyer. A recent donation to the Orkney Museum has a hidden story that we would like to try to find out more about. Bill Webster has donated a model of a Tribal Class destroyer, which his father, Jack
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Between Islands Project: Latest Updates, Sam Macdonald interview Alex Macdonald, coordinator of the Between Islands Project writes: Sam has both Orcadian and Hebridean family roots, and having grown up in Lewis, moved to Orkney where he taught art for many years. He now works solely as a sculptor and lives in Perthshire. [Sam has also
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The Scuttling of the German Fleet: 2019 Summer Exhibition at the Orkney Museum. Panel 6. Salvage A German ship raised using compressed air. Admiral von Trotha (right) welcomes Rear Admiral von Reuter and the German sailors on their arrival in Wilhelmshaven on 31st January 1920. While von Reuter had saved national pride with the scuttling,
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The Scuttling of the German Fleet: 2019 Summer Exhibition at the Orkney Museum. Panel 5. The Murder of Kuno Eversberg Kuno Eversberg’s grave. Postcard of SMS Frankfurt. The light cruiser SMS Frankfurt in Scapa Flow, 1918. Kuno Eversberg was a mechanic onboard. The Murder of Kuno Eversberg At five minutes past midnight on the 24
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The Scuttling of the German Fleet: 2019 Summer Exhibition at the Orkney Museum. Panel 5. The Aftermath Surrendering German sailors. Aftermath The chaos that followed the scuttling saw acts of violence that the German government declared as war crimes. Seven men were killed that day, one died of his wounds the following day. One German
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The Scuttling of the German Fleet: 2019 Summer Exhibition at the Orkney Museum. Panel 4. Eyewitness Accounts Fleet tender Flying Kestrel. The German ships in Scapa Flow. Tom Kent Collection, Orkney Library & Archive. The 137 feet long tug and passenger tender Flying Kestrel was commandeered by the Admiralty during World War I and used
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The Scuttling of the German Fleet: 2019 Summer Exhibition at the Orkney Museum. Panel 3, Part 2. Von Reuter’s Dilemma SMS Friedrich der Grosse, von Reuter’s original flagship. Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter. German postcard pf a photograph taken onboard SMS Friedrich der Grosse, with SMS Baden in the background. Von Reuter’s Dilemma Von Reuter
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The Scuttling of the German Fleet: 2019 Summer Exhibition at the Orkney Museum. Panel 3, Part 1. John Tulloch’s Account SMS Kaiser in Scapa Flow. Orkney Library & Archive. The battlecruiser SMS Hindenburg in Scapa Flow. John Tulloch’s Eyewitness Account John Tulloch was a small boy living on the island of Cava in Scapa Flow
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The Scuttling of the German Fleet: 2019 Summer Exhibition at the Orkney Museum. Panel 3, Part 3. The Scuttling SMS Bayern sinking by the stern, 21st June 1919. Orkney Library & Archive. 4th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet on exercises in Scpap Flow. The departure of the 1st Battle Squadron on the morning of
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