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Undated handout image issued by the Royal Navy of the wreck of HMS Royal Oak the Scapa Flow seabed in the Orkneys, Scotland, on November 8, 2013. Each year, around Remembrance Day, a team from the Royal Navy Northern Diving Group, based in Faslane, returns to the Orkneys to inspect the twisted, upturned hulk of the battleship, and fix the Royal Navy�s standard as a mark of respect. Royal Oak was at anchor in the flow � which served as the principal base for the ships of the Grand and Home Fleets during both World Wars � on the night of October 14, 1939 when U-boat ace G�nther Prien penetrated the defences and torpedoed her in U47. The resulting explosions caused the battleship to capsize and sink in under 15 minutes, taking 833 sailors – including more than 100 boy sailors – down with her. (Photo by Royal Navy/MoD/Crown Copyright/PA Wire)
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