Yes but why do you need it? In peace time its far cheaper and nicer for the crews to use real cities on the mainland and there is no need to concentrate apart from at sea.Could it be developed into the main anchorage
I would add two things off the top of my head,The best you'll see if Scapa Flow somewhat modernized to provide better accommodations and entertainment for crews if/when their ships are there
I would add two things off the top of my head,
- I would think a airbase to defend the Orkney's could be sold as a civilian airport in peacetime?
- Blocking the channels (probably cheaper than OTL wartime work) better than OTL would save Royal Oak?
Define need? Would it pay for construction = almost certainly no, would it act as a believable cover = probably yes?Did the Orkney even need a civilian airport at that time?
Yeah, we struggle with that in the US in too. Considering New York to LA is over 3000 miles, hearing that less than 600 is too far strikes us as a bit oddAs someone from Australia, i'm struggling to understand your concept of things being too far away. I mean, its only 1,200km from Orkney at one end of the UK to Southampton at the other end, and that is by Road. I mean, Sydney to Darwin or Perth is almost 4,000km by road.
Then again, I also fail to understand the English definition of a heatwave.
Yeah, we struggle with that in the US in too. Considering New York to LA is over 3000 miles, hearing that less than 600 is too far strikes us as a bit odd
No, but the Mid West is. And several really inhospitable deserts...StevoJH and SsgtC, do you have the Scots in the way though?
Seriously we British are now very different from the people that sent out the likes of Scott, Shackleton and Dr Livingston. We seem to have fallen into a little island mentality unfortunately.
Something like that, yeahI think the phrase is, "In Britain, 100 years is a short time and 100 miles a long drive; in America, the reverse." I suppose that applies to Australia and Canada as well.
As someone from Australia, i'm struggling to understand your concept of things being too far away. I mean, its only 1,200km from Orkney at one end of the UK to Southampton at the other end, and that is by Road. I mean, Sydney to Darwin or Perth is almost 4,000km by road.
Then again, I also fail to understand the English definition of a heatwave.
Yeah, it's longer from Denver to Dallas or Vegas than from Southampton to Scapa Flow.Yeah, we struggle with that in the US in too. Considering New York to LA is over 3000 miles, hearing that less than 600 is too far strikes us as a bit odd