What is "scapa"

Usage examples of "scapa".

Eleanor was riding the long-backed bay mare Scapa, and Roger Clint was standing next to her on a chestnut with four of the longest and whitest stockings Brat had ever seen.

Nor is there any connection between any ship herein mentioned as being in Scapa Flow or participating in the convoy and any naval ship of the same name that has served, or is serving, in the Royal Navy.

Unanimous in their disbelief that this could be happening to them in Scapa Flow, men went to their stations silently or vociferously, according to their nature.

He would school Timber or Scapa in the morning, and then find some excuse for going into Westover for lunch.

And for half a round it worked, until Scapa noticed that there was no plaguey obstruction to beware of at the foot of these jumps, and began to go close in again, with the inevitable result.

Eleanor came back on Scapa, and by dint of voice and spur managed to make the unwilling mare take off at the proper place, and so did something to retrieve her self-respect.

The patrol plane would also certainly radio Scapa to have them open a minefield passage for us.

I propose that we maintain this course throughout the night, then, shortly before dawn, lay off a course directly for Scapa Flow.

I accompanied them north in my train and saw them off from Scapa Flow.

We should thus have been compelled to keep concentrated at Scapa Flow or thereabouts practically every new ship we had, and he would have had all the advantages of a selected moment without the strain of being always ready.

Indeed, he had arrived at Scapa two days before in such a condition that the Admiral had put him to bed at once and kept him there.

Eden had sailed from Scapa Flow on his journey to Moscow while the news of Pearl Harbour was actually breaking upon us.

Alexandria, which was so unpleasant, has raised in my mind the question of the security of Scapa Flow against this form of attack.

The lagoon is as big as Scapa Flow, and is entered through four deep channels in the barrier reef.

North of the Mull of Cantyre to Scapa Flow, the Shetlands and the Faroes, all lies in the orbit of the main Fleet.