What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Gondolier: Water Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney as Craft (20th Century)-(1940), Paddle Steamer (20th Century)-(1940). 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 *Gondolier* was a 20th-century paddle steamer lost in 1940 in Water Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney, likely due to enemy action during World War II. Its wreck is significant as a wartime casualty within a historically strategic naval anchorage.
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Places near here
Churchill Barrier No. 4, Burray to South RonaldsayCauseway (20th Century) · 407 yd
Margaret: Ayre of Cara, Water Sound, Scapa Flow, OrkneyCraft (19th Century) · 452 yd
South BurrayBuilding (20th Century), Concrete Platform (20th Century) · 587 yd
Burray, PierPier (period Unassigned) · 1107 yd
Water SoundFerry Terminal (period Unassigned), Landing Point (period Unassigned) · 1152 yd
Fossil and Heritage Centre, shop and cafeHeritage attraction · 1.4 mi
Echnaloch BayBay · 1.6 mi
Manse BayBay · 2.1 mi
South Ronaldsay War MemorialMemorial · 2.3 mi
Martis: East Weddell Sound, Scapa Flow, OrkneyCraft (20th Century)-(1940), Obstruction (period Unassigned)-(1940), Steamship (20th Century)-(1940) · 2.3 mi
Shingle beach northwest of St. Margaret's Hope, South RonaldsayBeach · 2.3 mi
MuseumHeritage attraction · 2.4 mi