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Collection ID: 
2019.220.712
Collection: 
Hourston Photographic Collection
One of the Admiralty's ferries at Houton pier, Orphir, c.1956. These vessels were a familiar sight in Scapa Flow but, due to the closing down of Lyness Naval Base in 1957, they were to be withdrawn. The last sailing took place in May 1958.