ABSTRACT Initially conceived as a contribution to a conference which was to have been based in Caithness and was to have included a visit to Orkney, this paper examines the scientific and technological background to some of the wartime remains associated with the defence of Scapa Flow, the Royal Navy’s principal fleet anchorage in home waters in World Wars I and II. Summarising the surviving evidence of selected aspects of vessel-related, marine and aerial science and engineering around Scapa Flow, it is prefaced by a short account of Tom Rolt’s own wartime career, and concludes with a comparative appreciation of his place in the pantheon of literary engineers.

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2018 年 Rolt 纪念讲座：奥克尼战争中的科学与工程

摘要 本文最初设想为在凯斯内斯举行的会议做出贡献，并包括访问奥克尼群岛，本文研究了与斯卡帕流防御相关的一些战时遗骸的科学和技术背景，在第一次世界大战和第二次世界大战期间，皇家海军的主要舰队停泊在本国水域。总结了围绕 Scapa Flow 的船舶相关、海洋和航空科学与工程的选定方面的幸存证据，它以汤姆·罗尔特自己的战时生涯的简短描述作为序言，并以对他在文学万神殿中的地位的比较评价作为结尾工程师。