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Taken from Glimps Holm. The four Churchill Barriers were built to block the entrance to Scapa Flow during WWII. This was a response to the sinking of the Royal Oak by a U-boat by a U-boat that slipped between the block ships.

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Date: Thursday 8th September 2005 15:23:50
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