Scotlands History
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In the first weeks of World War II, in the early hours of 14 October 1939, HMS Royal Oak was sunk by torpedoes from a German U-boat. The sinking resulted in the biggest loss of boy sailors in any single Royal Navy engagement before or since.
Find out how a German U-boat managed to breach the defences of Scapa Flow and sink one of the largest battleships in the Royal Navy.
Learning and Teaching Scotland worked with David Turner, historian and author of ‘Last Dawn - the Royal Oak tragedy at Scapa Flow’, to create these online learning resources to mark the 70th anniversary of the sinking of the Royal Oak.
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Written by David Turner, in memory of his uncle who died on HMS Royal Oak, this book available from Argyll Publishing is a revealing account of the tragedy that was the sinking of the mighty battleship HMS Royal Oak.
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