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29/8/10.
'Europa' at Scapa.
[I'm sure I've got some slides of the Europa in Kirkwall Bay about 1981, and it seemed absolutely huge then- Steven]
View Large VersionPicture added on 08 September 2010 at 19:11
This will be the second Europa, the first one looked much longer,it along with the Maxim Gorky were the first big Liners'to visit Kirkwall Bay in the 1980's. Added by Phil Brough.
Anonymous comment added on 09 September 2010
shome mishtake shurely is it not Kirkwall bay????
Added by Geoff Linnitt on 10 September 2010
No Geoff, It came into Scapa because of the weather conditions in Kirkwall Bay. I took the photo about 10.45am on a very windy Sunday morning.
Added by Neil Johnstone on 11 September 2010
....In fact the top of the red buoy is just visible at the foot of the photo...
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Added by Neil Johnstone on 11 September 2010
St Ola
this one was built in 1999 ... ;-)
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