Ruwa mai tsabta wanda ke cikin kabari da jiragen ruwa da maza
Scapa Flow, jikin ruwa mai zurfi kewaye da Orkney Islands na Scotland, ya kasance maƙasudin mafita ga jiragen ruwa tun lokacin da ake saukowa. Har ila yau, ya ga wasu manyan abubuwan da suka faru a cikin jiragen ruwa biyu na Wars Duniya. A yau, shafin yanar gizon Scotland yana da mahimmanci ne saboda irin abubuwan da ke da nasaba da irin abubuwan da suka faru da kuma tasirin jiragen ruwan da aka kai ga tashar jiragen ruwa da kuma shahararren WWI.
Cunkushewar Jamusanci
Bayan armistice na yakin duniya na, an umurci jiragen jiragen ruwa 74 na Gidan Yammacin Jamus a cikin Scapa Flow don gudanar da su yayin tattaunawa kan mika wuya.
Sun zauna har watanni 10, suna zama hawan gwal.
Yayinda yarjejeniyar mika wuya ta zo kusa, Admiral von Reuter, kwamandan Jamus, ya shirya ya hallaka rukunin sojojinsa maimakon ganin ya fada a karkashin ikon Birtaniya. Ranar 21 ga watan Yuni, 1919, tare da yawancin 'yan Birtaniya da suka yi amfani da su, sai ya ba da umurni don rushe jirgi. Duk 74 sun sauka a cikin minti. Wannan shi ne mafi girma da yawa a cikin jiragen ruwa a tarihi.
Kodayake yawancin jiragen ruwan da aka kwashe a cikin 1920s, jiragen jiragen jiragen ruwa guda takwas suna cikin Scapa Flow, suna sanya shi daya daga cikin manyan wuraren da ke cikin ruwa a Turai.
Yawancin ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa na Jamus sun riga sun taso a lokacin da Jamus ta fadi. Ma'aikatan ƙwallu sun shiga jirgi kuma an ceto dukansu. Hanya a wani yanki na Flow yana nuna alamun dan Adam mafi girma.
Cunkushewar HMS Royal Oak
A farkon yakin duniya na biyu, an kafa babban ɓangare na Birtaniya Royal Air Navy a babban tushe, Scapa Flow.
A daren Oktoba 13 ga watan Oktoba, 1939, jirgin ruwa na Jamus ya shiga cikin ruwa ta hanyar ƙofar gabas. Hakan ya buge HMS Royal Oak, wani yakin basasa da aka yi amfani da shi a matsayin gidaje na wucin gadi ga ma'aikatan jiragen ruwa dake Orkney. Daga cikin 1,400 a kan jirgi, 833 ya mutu lokacin da jirgin ya motsa ya kuma rusa. Yau, gidan sararin samaniya na Oak yana da kabari na yaki, wanda alama ce ta hanyar bugun zuciya da ta hanyar man fetur da ke ci gaba da tashi daga gare ta.
Tashar gabashin zuwa Scapa Flow an rufe shi da gina gine-ginen Churchill wanda ke tallafawa hanya a tsakanin Orkney mainland da kananan tsibirin Burray da kuma Kudu Ronaldsay.
Don nutsewa ko a'a don nutsewa daga Jamus
Ƙungiyar Orkney da dama suna ci gaba da tafiyar da hanzari don ganin yadda jirgin ruwan Jamus da flora da fauna na Scapa Flow suka rushe:
- Scapa Flow Diving Center gudanar da jirgin ruwa cater don kama kifi, ruwa da kuma dubawa da Flow.
- Scapa Labaran yana da cibiyar PADI dive da kantin sayar da kaya. Suna bayar da alamar shiryarwa, hayan kayan aiki, gyare-gyaren kwalliyar kwalliya da kuma darussan Nitrox.
- Cibiyar Gudanar da Ruwan Tsuntsauka Cike da ɗakunan ajiya na jirgin ruwa don Scapa Flow charters da kuma ɗaukar Nitrox ga wadanda suka cancanta su zubar da shi.
Ko da idan ba ku nutsewa ba, har yanzu zaka iya gano Scapa Flow ƙarƙashin ruwa tare da taimakon wani motar da aka sarrafa (ROV). Gudun Gudun Gudun Gudun Gudun Hijira suna ba da sa'a guda uku na Scapa Flow, suna ci gaba da rage girman ROV don gano daya daga cikin wutan Jamus. Gudun yawon shakatawa ta ƙunshi damar zama kusa da ɗakin maƙalar launin fata na Orkney tare da giraguni, blackbacks, gannets, guillemots da arctic terns.