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Cape Ortegal: Skerry Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney

Craft (20th Century)-(1914), Steamship (20th Century)-(1914)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cape Ortegal: Skerry Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney as Craft (20th Century)-(1914), Steamship (20th Century)-(1914). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The *Cape Ortegal* was a British steamship that ran aground on Skerry Sound in Scapa Flow, Orkney, in 1914. The vessel was carrying a cargo of coal and no lives were lost, though the ship was wrecked; its remains are now a protected historic site due to their significance in maritime and military history.

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