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Tanker Gundene ashore Berry Hd Hoy Only thing I have been told about the Gundene, was that to get her off they pumped the oil over the ...
Excelsior I took this picture in Hoy Sound a few years back. The boat sank off Mull Head,Deerness last Wed...
Memorial to the Leicestershire This is a memorial in Ousna kirkyard to the fifteen men who lost ther lives when the Grimsby trawler...
Carmania ashore at Longhope pier I believe this is a trawler named "Carmania". She ran ashore at Torness and was refloated and taken ...
South Walls School I dont think many of the pupils here will still be around. I remember most of them and I'm sure it...
South Isles Mailboats Dont know if these photos have been used on the site before Jimmy Hamilton was asking about a ph...
Lyness Oil Tank The Crockness Martello Tower can be seen in the background.
St John's Head You can see the fog rolling over the top of St John's Head. We planned to walk around the fog as it ...
Old Man of Hoy St.Ola passing by in the background.
Naming ceremony Longhope lifeboat, looks like the naming ceremony, 27. 05. 71
Building a new pier or extension. Dont know the date but it must be between 1947 and 1956. [But where?]

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