HMS Proserpine, Wee Fea, Lyness, Hoy, Orkney Islands, Scotland UK

            The building was the main Base HQ and Communications Centre for Scapa Flow under Naval Command and named HMS Proserpine. It became operational in 1943 and housed up to 230 Woman's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) staff to handle signals via telephone, teleprinter and radio including from ships moored at buoys in Scapa Flow. HMS Proserpine at Hoy was linked to 'Proserpine Thurso' the radio station at Bower and the radar station near Cape Wrath. ( a cape in the Durness parish of the county of Sutherland in the Highlands of Scotland. It is the most north-westerly point in mainland Britain.)
   

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Taken on: April 29, 2016

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Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II, f/9.0, 1/250 sec, 270mm, ISO 500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	270mm
ISO:	500
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	On, Fired
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Visual Watermark
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