Madzi amtendere omwe ali manda a ngalawa ndi amuna
Scapa Flow, thupi la madzi akuya lozunguliridwa ndi zilumba za Orkney ku Scotland, wakhala malo otetezedwa kwa sitima za nkhondo kuyambira nthawi zocheperako. Idawonanso zina mwa zochitika zazikulu kwambiri komanso zoopsya kwambiri za nkhondo za padziko lonse. Masiku ano malo otsekedwa ku Scotland ndi maginito a anthu osiyanasiyana odziwa bwino ntchito komanso mazamu a mbiri yakale oyendetsa sitima zam'madzi omwe amamangidwa ndi sitima yake yotchuka ya WWI.
Kumira kwa Fleet ya Germany
Pambuyo pa nkhondo ya nkhondo yoyamba ya padziko lonse, ngalawa zokwana 74 za German Sea Seas Fleet zinalamulidwa ku Scapa Flow kuti zikachitike pamene zokambirana zokhudzana ndi kudzipatulira.
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Pamene kulembedwa kwapadera kunayandikira, Admiral von Reuter, mtsogoleri wa dziko la Germany, anakonzeratu kuwononga asilikali ake m'malo moona kuti akugonjetsedwa ndi Britain. Pa June 21, 1919, ndi mabwato ambiri a ku Britain atasiya kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi, analamula kuti zitsime zisame. Onse 74 anapita pansi mu mphindi. Imeneyi inali maboti oyendetsa sitima zapamadzi m'mbiri.
Ngakhale kuti sitimayi zambiri zinachotsedwa m'ma 1920, ngalawa zisanu ndi zitatu za magulu a Germany zinakhalabe ku Scapa Flow, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ikhale imodzi mwa malo ofunika kwambiri oyendetsa sitimayo ku Ulaya.
Ambiri mwa anthu oyendetsa sitima a ku Germany anali atakhala kale pamtunda pamene Fleet ya Germany inagwa. Magulu a mafupa anali m'bwalo ndipo onse anapulumutsidwa. Bulu m'dera lina la Mtsinje limayambitsa vuto lalikulu laumunthu.
Kumira kwa HMS Royal Oak
Kumayambiriro kwa nkhondo yachiŵiri ya padziko lonse, mbali yaikulu ya British Royal Navy inayikidwa pamtunda wake waukulu, Scapa Flow.
Usiku wa pa 13 Oktoba 1939, U-bwato Wachijeremani unaloŵa Mtsinje womwe umadutsa kumadzulo kwake. Inayendetsa HMS Royal Oak, chombo chomwe chinali kugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati malo osakhalitsa a anthu ogwira ntchito ku Orkney. Pa 1,400 omwe anali pamtunda, 833 anamwalira pamene sitimayo inatha ndipo inamira. Masiku ano, malo a Royal Oak ndi manda otetezedwa, omwe amadziwika ndi buoy ndi mafuta omwe amapitirirabe.
Mtsinje wa kum'mawa kupita ku Scapa Flow unasindikizidwa ndi zomangamanga za Churchill zomwe tsopano zikuthandizira kugwirizanitsa msewu pakati pa Orkney continland ndi zilumba za Burray ndi South Ronaldsay.
Kuthamanga kapena kusasuntha zowonongeka kwa German
Malo ambiri othawirako a Orkney amagwiritsidwa ntchito powonekeratu kuti awone ndege zowonongeka za German ndi zomera ndi zinyama za Scapa Flow:
- Scapa Flow Diving Center imayendetsa bwato lachikale kuti ikhale nsomba, kuyenda ndi kuona malo otsika.
- Scapa Scuba ndi malo a PADI osambira ndi malo ogulitsira. Amapereka zowonongeka, zipangizo zamagetsi, kukonzanso suti ndi maphunziro a Nitrox.
- Stromness Diving Center Mukhale ndi chombo chokonzekera bwino chokwanira cha makapu a Scapa Flow ndikunyamula Nitrox kwa iwo oyenerera kuwombera.
Ngakhale mutasambira, mutha kuyang'anitsitsa Scapa Flow pansi pa madzi mothandizidwa ndi galimoto yomwe imachokera kutali (ROV). Kuyendetsa Ulendo Wachiwongolenga Yoyenda amapereka maola atatu a Scapa Flow, potsirizira pa kutsika kwa ROV yawo kuti afufuze chimodzi mwa zida za German. Ulendo wonsewu umaphatikizapo mipata yokhala pafupi ndi malo akuluakulu a zizindikiro za Orkney, komanso ma fulmars, blackbacks, gannets, guillemots ndi arctic terns.