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Pumping seawater from SMS Hindenburg during salvage operations in Scapa Flow, c.1930.

Salvage work on the scuttled German High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow, date unknown.

Pumping seawater from SMS Hindenburg during salvage operations in Scapa Flow, c.1930.

The keel and propellers of the Battle Cruiser SMS Moltke after 8 years on the seabed. Mrs Jenny Cox, wife of Ernest Cox, is seen standing on the keel. SMS Moltke was raised on 10th June 1927.

The Battle Cruiser SMS Moltke after 8 years on the seabed, raised on 10th June 1927.

Neolithic settlement at Rinyo, Rousay. Chamber B can be seen in the left foreground, April 1938.

A view of the South end of Kirkwall, c. early 1950s.

Firth School, seen from Finstown. Date unknown.

Cox & Danks Ltd's floating dock in Scapa Flow, used duing the salvage of the scuttled German Fleet.

SMS Hindenburg resting on the Scapa Flow seabed after the scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet in 1919. The Hindenburg was eventually salvaged by Cox & Danks Ltd. on 22/7/1930.