Posted On: November 1st 2026, 02:59 pm
The wrecks of blockships sunk earlier still poke out of the water beside them. 🚧⚓
HMS Royal Oak was torpedoed in Scapa Flow in October 1939 with 835 dead. Churchill ordered the eastern channels blocked. Concrete blocks of up to 10 tonnes were laid by 1,300 Italian POWs. ⏳📜
The same men built the Italian Chapel beside them. ⛪✨