Wreck of HMS Royal Oak
United Kingdom
- Position
- Not published (protected site)
- Sank
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- Cause
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- Depth
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Protection status
Location withheld to protect a controlled site
The position of this site is not published.
Designated a controlled site (Controlled site under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (SI 2026/286)). Any operation there needs a licence.
Legal basis: Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (UK).
How this was decided: an official list, confidence 95%. When in doubt, Voydar generalises the position.
HMS Royal Oak was one of five Revenge-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Completed in 1916, the ship first saw combat at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Grand Fleet. In peacetime, she served in the Atlantic, Home and Mediterranean fleets, more than once coming under accidental attack. Royal Oak drew worldwide attention in 1928 when her senior officers were controversially court-martialled, an event that brought considerable embarrassment to what was then the world's largest navy. Attempts to modernise Royal Oak throughout her 25-year career could not fix her fundamental lack of speed and, by the start of the Second World War, she was no longer suitable for front-line duty. On 14 October 1939, Royal Oak was anchored at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland, when she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-47.
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