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Orkney St Ola Stromness 1941
Picture added on 02 February 2010 at 11:07
Definately not the "Ola".
Added by Fred Johnston. on 02 February 2010
And certainly not Stromness.
Added by S Taylor on 02 February 2010
It doesn't look like Orkney either Fred.
Added by Neil Johnstone on 03 February 2010
Great wartime camoflage maybe!!!!!!!
Added by W Watters on 04 February 2010
Hate to tell you but this definitely is the old St Ola photographed by my father returning to Orkney after leave in 1941.
Added by Roy Adams on 04 February 2010
Surely W Watters' observation about her 'great wartime camouflage' has to be considered, Mr Adams? Who, in 1941, would paint a row of gunports on the side of the St Ola so she would stick out like a dog's gonads?
Added by Ian Hourston on 08 February 2010
Sorry Roy, as I said before, definately not the "Ola" and I'm pretty sure it's not Stromness either.
Added by Fred Johnston. on 09 February 2010
I agree with Willie. Compare also to a picture in the website "Ships of the North" - St. Ola (1). Definitely not the Ola. I cannot think of any angle from around the harbour in Stromness that you could get hills in the background as shown in the above photo. So - my vote is that it is not Stromness.
Added by Stewart Miller on 09 February 2010
That looks like a "Tay Steamer" with the big square windows penetrating the hull.
The masts are too short, the funnel too narrow and the freeboard too low for this to be the Ola.
Also, the Ola's wheelhouse was much higher up with wings and she had a deckhouse at the after mast, this is definately not the Ola.
One more thing is that she has no swinging derrick on the mainmast/foremast.
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The masts are too short, the funnel too narrow and the freeboard too low for this to be the Ola.
Also, the Ola's wheelhouse was much higher up with wings and she had a deckhouse at the after mast, this is definately not the Ola.
One more thing is that she has no swinging derrick on the mainmast/foremast.
Added by Steven Flett on 03 March 2010
Stromness
