Russian Arctic Convoys Memorial, Scapa Flow

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Reference WMO/197435

Address:

Scapa Flow Visitor Centre and Museum

Lyness, Isle of Hoy, Orkney

KW16 3NT

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Other monolith
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Arctic Convoy Memorial On 22 August 2009 a new memorial was unveiled at the Scapa Flow Visitor Centre. It is dedicated to the thousands of seamen who died during the Arctic Convoys of World War 2 while they were delivering vital supplies to Soviet Russia. A symmetrical pair of modern standing stones, their top edges painted white, each bearing a circular dark grey granite commemorative plaque engraved with a dedication (one in Russian, one in English) and a painted flag (of the Russian Federation and United Kingdom respectively). Set in a small gravel bed surrounded by large area surfaced with modern concrete pavers. This area contains two flagpoles, fixings for two benches (benches not present at time of survey), a corroded metal fixing in a concrete base (presumably dating from the First or Second World Wars) set in a gravel bed, and a grey granite memorial, engraved with dedications in English and Russian with painted Russian and British flags (crossed), set on a sandstone plinth set into a gravel bed. Paved area enclosed on three sides by a flagstone dry stone wall. Access via modern concrete ramp and steps with metal handrail.
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Tablet: ERECTED IN HONOUR OF/ ALL WHO SAILED FROM SCAPA FLOW/ ON THE ARCTIC CONVOYS/ 1941 - 1945/ THEIR SACRIFICE WAS MADE FOR OUR FREEDOM/ WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THEM/[dedication repeated in Cyrillic] Plaque 1: DEDICATED TO/ ALL THOSE/ WHO SERVED ON THE/ ARCTIC CONVOYS/ 1941 - 1945 Plaque 2: [same dedication as Plaque 1, but in Cyrillic]

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