Wee Fea Naval Signal Station (former), Lyness, Hoy, Orkney
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Artist/Photographer | Charles, Martin (1940-2012) |
Country | UK: Scotland |
City | Lyness |
Subject Date | 1943 |
Image Date | 1994 |
View | Exterior |
Medium | Negative |
Library Reference | MC Q 140894 |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Martin Charles / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Military architecture |
NOTES: This building was the main Base Headquarters and Communications Centre for Scapa Flow under Naval Command during World War II, and also named HMS Proserpine. It became operational in 1943 and housed up to 230 Woman's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) staff to handle signals via telephone, teleprinter and radio including from ships moored at buoys in Scapa Flow. See RIBA149567 for a colour version of this image.
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