Royal Navy dive team given Freedom of Orkney
BBC News Published image copyrightMarjo Pauliina Tynkkynen image captionDivers change the ensign on HMS Royal Oak every year in commemoration of those who died The Freedom of Orkney has been bestowed on Royal Navy divers to honour their work in the area. The Northern Diving Group (NDG), based in Faslane, was called to Orkney for the 145th time last week to deal with unexploded ordnance. Every year the group also changes the ensign on the wreck of HMS Royal Oak - which was sunk in Scapa Flow in 1939. Orkney councillors voted to confer the honour on the team. The council said it was firstly in ...
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