VERA Platform_1402 Wartime Lyness - Scapa Flow 1943 "Welcome to the former Royal Navy base at Lyness, Hoy. The Base lies at the heart of Scapa Flow, which provides an enormous sheltered anchorage, in a commanding position from which to control the North Sea and the North Atlantic. Scapa Flow was the base for the Navy\u2019s Grand Fleet in WW1, and again for the (renames) Home Fleet in WW11." Tour TEXT University of St Andrews VERA Platform "Welcome to the former Royal Navy base at Lyness, Hoy. The Base lies at the heart of Scapa Flow, which provides an enormous sheltered anchorage, in a commanding position from which to control the North Sea and the North Atlantic. Scapa Flow was the base for the Navy\u2019s Grand Fleet in WW1, and again for the (renames) Home Fleet in WW11." 58.920064 -3.177784