Daisy the Yole.

Over the sea to Hoy this morning, sailing as foot passengers from Houton to Lyness at the south end of the island, where the navy warships of WW1 were based and the home fleet in WW2

It was a dream trip for his Lordship, an avid history student, and we spent a happy morning looking at films and artefacts of the wars.

Most poignant was the corner of the vistor centre devoted to the sinking of the HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow by a German submarine in October 1939 with the loss of over 880 lives, just one month after the start of the war

Outside on display, was the propeller and shaft of the HMS Hampshire, sunk by a mine at Marwick Head near Birsay as she was on her way to Russia in 1916 with Lord Kitchener of ' Your Country Needs You' fame on board, hoping to discuss war tactics with the Russians. He perished along with the rest of those on board.
So much for His Country Needing Him.

This blip is of Daisy, a yole built in 1910 (the same year as my Mum was born!) in Flotta. She was used for cod and haddock fishing in the Pentland Firth, but during WW2 she ferried produce to the supply ships in Scapa Flow.