英国举行一战中日德兰大海战百年纪念

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BBC Chinese, May 31, 2016.
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp ... nd_battle_centenary

Note:
(a) "在苏格兰北部奥克尼群岛的圣马格努斯大教堂举行了仪式纪念在日德兰海战中死去的8,648名水手。"

St Magnus Cathedral
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Magnus_Cathedral
(at Kirkwall, the main town of Orkney; section 1.1 Martyrdom of St Magnus)

(b) "英国的大舰队 [grand fleet] 从那里的深水港斯卡帕伯勒 [Scapa Flow] 驶向日德兰 [Jutland] 参加战斗，6,000人再也没有回来。"
(i) Orkney
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkney
(section 1 Origin of the name; "Orkney was the site of a Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow, which played a major role in World War I and II. * * * The southern group of islands surrounds Scapa Flow")
(ii) Dr Sam Willis, Why Was Orkney the Perfect Naval Base in World War One?  BBC iWonder, undated.
www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zxsppv4

Quote:

"Historically, the British Grand Fleet had been based on the south coast of England, ready for any attack from continental Europe. At the start of World War One, the decision was taken to relocate the main base to Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands

"the relocation would enable the British navy to respond more quickly to movements from the German fleet based in the Baltic Sea, the base at Scapa Flow had no defences against the newest naval threat, U-boats.

(c) "那次海战1916年5月31日和6月1日发生在丹麦沿海，250艘舰只参加了海战。基地在奥克尼群岛斯卡帕伯勒的皇家海军的大舰队同德国公海舰队遭遇并发生了战斗。"

Battle of Jutland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jutland
(fought from May 31 to 1 June 1, 1916 in the North Sea, near the coast of Denmark's Jutland Peninsula; in the table is: combat ships 151 (UK) v 99 (German Empire); killed 6,094 (UK) v 2,551 (German Empire) )
(d) "在奥克尼群岛的Hoy岛上的Lyness海军公墓也举行了纪念仪式。"

Hoy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoy
(in the table is "Meaning of name[:] Old Norse for 'high island' * * * Largest settlement[:] Lyness;" The main naval base for the British fleet Scapa Flow in both the First and Second World Wars was situated at Lyness in the south-east of the island)
(e) "在奥克尼首府柯克沃尔和Lyness海军公墓的仪式纪念那次海战中沉没的25艘英国战舰和德国战舰。那次海战并没有明显的胜利方。"

Kirkwall
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkwall
(on the northern coast of Mainland [name of the main island of Orkney, that forms the northern boundary of Scapa Flow], Orkney; The name Kirkwall comes from the Norse name Kirkjuvagr (Church Bay), which later changed to Kirkvoe, Kirkwaa and Kirkwall)
(f) "德国舰队在舍尔 [Reinhard Scheer] 上将 * * * 英国舰队的司令官海军上将约翰·杰利科爵士 [Sir John Jellicoe])