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HMS Opal
In or near St Margaret's Hope.
HMS Opal in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
Graeme Smith — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
HMS Opal is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
HMS Opal was an Admiralty M-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She served in the First World War following her construction at Sunderland in 1915. Attached to the 12th Destroyer Flotilla based with the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow, Opal had an eventful short life, which ended in shipwreck after two and a half years of service.
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Background
Architecture
Opal was one of 25 destroyers (consisting of 22 M-class destroyers and three s) ordered in late November 1914 as part of the Third War Programme. The M class was the latest class of destroyers ordered for the Royal Navy before the outbreak of the First World War, and this order was one of a series of large orders for destroyers of this class placed in the early months of the war which resulted in 90 ships being ordered by May 1915 in addition to ships ordered prior to the outbreak of the war. Opal was laid down at William Doxford & Sons shipyard in Sunderland on 1 February 1915, and was launched on 11 September 1915. The ship reached a speed of 34.31 kn during sea trials early in 1916, and…
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- Coordinates
- 58.7704, -2.9317
- District
- Orkney Islands
- Postcode
- KW17 2RN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
Sources
- wikidata: Q5633589 (CC0)
- wikipedia: HMS Opal (1915) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 3Frequently asked questions
- Where is HMS Opal?
- HMS Opal is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode KW17 2RN).
- What is HMS Opal?
- HMS Opal in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to HMS Opal?
- Drivers can use postcode KW17 2RN.
- How do I get to HMS Opal?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode KW17 2RN. It sits within the Orkney and Shetland parliamentary constituency.