an area of the North Sea surrounded by several of the Orkney islands and used as a base by the British navy until 1956. Two famous incidents happened there: in 1919 a number of captured German ships were sunk by their own crews, and in 1939 a German submarine sank a British ship, the Royal Oak .
SCAPA FLOW
Meaning of SCAPA FLOW in English
Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary. Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь. 2005