Lunna house shetland bus books

A wwii epic of escape, survival, and adventure paperback jun 17 2008. Welcome to lunna house lunna house shetland bed and. Looking west across west lunna voe twards swinister hill. But to take the shetland bus meant escape when capture became the only other option. In the 20th century it was used as a base of the wartime shetland bus operation the house is protected as a category b listed building, and the grounds are included in the inventory of gardens and designed landscapes in scotland. Lunna house is situated on the lunna peninsula, east mainland, 14. In late 1940, both the secret intelligence service sis and the special operations executive soe norwegian naval independent unit not to be confused with another soe norwegian unit. For books relevant to bressay and noss visit the shetland times bookshop. Located at lunna, where lunna ness is almost made an island by east and west lunna voes, lunna kirk probably dates back at least in part to the 1100s and is by far the oldest building in use for christian worship in shetland. Lunna kirk was rebuilt in 1753 and is shetlands oldest church in regular use. The sheltered harbour at lunna, away from populated areas, was considered ideal. There were plenty of stone sheds to serve as stores and the large mansion house there made ideal headquarters. Lunna house, 17thcentury lairds house and base of the wartime shetland bus operation on lunna ness in the shetland islands, scotland, uk c17th lunna house was a base of soe during world war ii from which the shetland bus operation to occupied norway was run. Lunna house was the first headquarter for the shetland bus.

See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building. The shetland bus book san francisco public library. Lunna provided an excellent sheltered harbour, secrecy and a base in the form of lunna house which sits proudly on the hill. View pictures taken at one hour intervals 640x480 view pictures taken at 5 min intervals 640x480 view most recent image 1296x960 view pictures for the last 7 days taken at 12 noon each day. The other no stranger to scalloway was the restored subchaser hitra, which was one of three such ships the others being the hessa and the vigra that took over the operation from 1943, a year that was pivotal in the service. It housed 3040 agents who set out in all conditions in little fishing boats to perform their heroic deeds. The shetland bus is the amazing truelife account of storms, attacks, danger, and the heroic efforts of brave men. Also nearby is west lunna voe, which remains home to an active small pier, plust the remains of a lime burning kiln and a much older jetty. Weve compiled a list of 12 books that will make fine holidayreading and help you gain more insight during a holiday to shetland. If you know anything about the shetland bus, the second world war special services operation between shetland and norway, then youll want to stay here. Most norwegians knew about the shetland bus, which did not go overland, but across the north sea, taking supplies and saboteurs into the fjords under the noses of the germans, and taking refugees to safety on the return journey journeys in small fishing boats which covered thousands of miles, testing the skills of the norwegian seamen. For a short time in ww2 lunna house was base for the clandestine shetland bus operation which used fishing boats to smuggle spies, saboteurs, radios, ammunition and explosives into german occupied norway and brought back refugees.

This video provides an introduction to the shetland bus story, the experiences of those. Lunna house lunna house was the original hq of the shetland bus from the invasion of norway in 1940 until 1942. A wwii epic of escape, survival, and adventure 97815992217. Lunna house is a 17thcentury lairds house on lunna ness in the shetland islands.

The shetland bus, a small fishing vessel, crossed the rough seas several times to bring people to the island that was free. Following the invasion of norway in may 1940, the house became the original base for the shetland bus, a clandestine operation to transfer men and materials between shetland and nazioccupied norway. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. World war ii western europe the author was second in command of the shetland base for the small boats, collectively known as the shetland bus, which maintained the wwii escape and supply route from occupied norway. In 1942 the main base for operations was moved from lunna house to scalloway. Lunna house is a grade b grade ii listed building, designated by the scottish. One of the most notorious involved the brattholm, which, on a voyage from scalloway, was met by. No britishmade boat could successfully sneak into the harbors without raising an eyebrow. In the 20th century it was used as a base of the wartime shetland bus operation. I stopped briefly to survey the scene which was the location of the wartime shetland bus operation. Mar 23, 2018 members of the special forces club tour sites associated with the shetland bus a top secret wwii operation carried out between shetland and norway. His first trip was with leif larsen on board the arthur. A secret wartime operation based in the shetland islands whereby fishing boats, crewed by norwegian nationals, sailed from there to norway with arms, agents, and commandos. In the early years of wwii lunna house became the hq of the norwegian resistance and boats regularly crossed from west lunna voe to the norwegian fjords.

Lunna house on shetland where operations were coordinated establishment of the shetland bus edit. Shetlanders the war was now uncomfortably close to home. Following his request before death, his ashes were buried at sea in lunna voe, shetland, near lunna house, the first base of the shetland bus operation. The headquarters was lunna house, an old manor dating from the 1660s. A lot of interesting detail of the workings of the organization, their problems, deaths, and later solutions. View pictures taken at one hour intervals 640x480 view pictures taken at 5 min intervals 640x480 view most recent image 1280x960. House for sale bressay grove cambuslang investment essay titles about meaning of life church.

Operations were conducted from lunna house, shetland by stephens father, lieutenant howarth, who ran the shetland end of the operation. Wartime link marked by return of shetland bus vessel. By then, the shetland bus was suffering increasing losses. Shetland bus by david howarth and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. David armine howarth news newspapers books scholar jstor march 2014. The shetland bus was the popular name for the clandestine naval operation in world war ii between the shetland islands scotland and nazi occupied norway. Lost crewmen the first one of the shetland bus men who lost his life, was nils nesse, 23 years old, from bremnes on. Lunna kirk was rebuilt in 1753 and is shetland s oldest. Kare stayed with larsen for the remainder of 1941 until the end of spring 1942. Why was lunna chosen as a base for the shetland bus operation. You will see shetland ponies and various poultry including chickens, ducks, turkeys, guinea fowl and a peacock. During the second world war, lunna house was requisitioned by the uk war office and became one of the bases of the special operations executive soe. The crews of the shetland bus shetlandsgjengen were men of the coast, fishermen and sailors with detailed local knowledge. Howarth, a british naval officer, was among the leaders of the shetland bus operation, so this history is based on firsthand experience.

The shetland bus and over one million other books are available for amazon kindle. Jan 9, 2019 for the goodreads read scotland 2014 challenge. Although lunna was ideal in many ways it had its drawbacks. It was operated initially by a large number of small fishing boats and later by three u. Lunna house is a grade b grade ii listed building, designated by the scottish office as a building of outstanding regional importance. Lunna house was a base in the early days of the operation before it was moved to scalloway. I stayed in the larsen suite, named after the most famous shetland bus participant, leif larsen, a hero in norway. Aug 29, 2019 lunna house was the first headquarter for the shetland bus operations during world war ii. Find books like the shetland bus from the worlds largest community of readers. After the war, he wrote several books about the war in general and of specific events in the war.

The boats were of many kinds and shapes, but most of those used as a shetland bus, were from 5070 feet 1521 m long, with two masts and equipped with a 30 to 70 hp singlecylinder semidiesel engine, which made the characteristic tonktonk sound. The pier at lunna, the original base for the shetland bus courtesy. On the return trip they usually brought news, and, on many an occasion, refugees. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Lunna is famous for its role in the shetland bus operations between 194145, but following the war. Formation lunna house on shetland where operations were coordinated. Lunnasting, lunna, lunna house, including garden and retaining walls, gatepiers, outbuilding, sundial and avenue walls is a category b listed building in shetland north, shetland islands, scotland. The road climbed a little up the side of vidlin voe, then dropped to reveal lunna house set on the other side of the narrow strip of land between west and east lunna voes. The author was an officer who helped organize and operate the shetland bus, which was the british supply organization for the norwegian underground. It was situated on a narrow isthmus with good harbours in the east and west. Originally under the control of the royal navy and soespecial operations executive. This is his tribute to the bravery of the norwegian sailors who manned the boats for the dangerous crossing. For anyone interested in the shetland bus story, a visit to the scalloway museum is a must.

The shetland bus, by david howarth, is published by the shetland times and is available through our retail. After the shetland bus moved its ship operations to scalloway, the house. The story of that trip, in one of the worst storms for 70 years, is told by david howarth in his book the shetland bus. The shetland bus recounts the hundreds of crossings of small boats from the shetland islands to germanoccupied norway to supply arms to the resistors and to rescue refugees all under constant threat by german uboats and winter storms. The shetland bus the shetland bus was a world war ii resistance movement taking wireless operators, armaments and combatants into nazi occupied norway and returning with refugees and members of the resistance. A public road, the b9071, leads along the length of the lunna peninsula, northwards from vidlin and lunnasting. Base headquarters were established at flemington house, kergord. Lunnasting, lunna, lunna house, including garden and. Looking west across west lunna voe twards swinister hill view pictures taken at one hour intervals 640x480 view pictures taken at 5 min intervals 640x480. In october 1943 it became an official part of the royal norwegian navy, and was. David howarth 28 july 1912 2 july 1991 was a british naval officer, boatbuilder, historian. So in 1942, as the project grew, the shetland bus was moved to shetlands old capital, scalloway, where there was a bigger harbor.

If a british sailor fluent in norwegian were to be questioned, he would certainly garner an accent. Its an unassuming exterior and yet inside is packed with character. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It was reprinted in 2004, with a new introduction and the title shetland bus man. It was off the main shipping line and sheltered, but it lacked ample repair facilities for the boats. Lunna ness, and lunna house, were in reality the hq for the shetland bus operation. From mid1942, the groups official name was the norwegian naval independent unit nniu. The british base from which these forays were launched was a tiny place by the name of lunna in the shetland islands therefore the name shetland bus. The shetland bus is not about buses in a conventional sense it is a term used for the fishing vessels and their crews, sailing between shetland and norway during world war 2. Buy the shetland bus new edition by howarth, david j. From mid1942 the official name of the group was norwegian naval independent unit nniu. The shetland bus was the nickname of a clandestine special operations group that made a permanent link between shetland, scotland, and germanoccupied norway from 1941 until the german occupation ended on 8 may 1945. Lunna house is well known in norwegian recent history, but is virtually unknown to uk visitors, except that it has featured on bbc childrens blue peter, in a story about lief larsen and the shetland bus.

Cambuslang house sale bressay for investment grove thesis and dissertation writing in a second language meaning. The first base, at a village called lunna ness, was a good place to begin. Many norwegian came ashore in shetland on a remote place on the northeast mainland, called lunna. Having visited shetland during the month of january, to witness up helly aa, i have some small experience of getting to the islands by sea. The shetland bus continued until the end of the war in 1945, during which time 210 missions were carried out and over 400 tons of weaponry, explosives and other supplies, delivered, the shetland bus played a vital part in tying down almost 300,000 german troops in norway. Lunna was an ideal base for the secret organisation being off the main road and away from the main shipping areas with a good depth of water beside the stone pier. See more ideas about scottish authors, books and scotland. The shetland bus a wwii epic of escape, survival, and adventure book. The shetland bus was initially based in lunna and flemington now known as kergord but in 1942 the main operation was moved to the more central location of scalloway, with better communications, more social life for the bus men and crucially, a purposebuilt slipway for repair of the battered boats at moores shipyard. Formal designed landscape, laid out in characteristic shetland style with garths, walled enclosures, eyecatchers and ancillary buildings situated in a direct relationship to one another.

Wartime link marked by return of shetland bus vessel shetland. Lunna, scalloway and the shetland bus the glasgow gallivanter. The warmth of the welcome matches the charm of the the building, which is steeped in history. So in 1942, as the project grew, the shetland bus was moved to shetland s old capital, scalloway, where there was a bigger harbor. Learn how and when to remove this template message. On the 75th anniversary of the first sailing, bill moore. How the shetland bus became a wartime lifeline the sunday. For anyone interested in the shetland bus story, a visit to the scalloway museum is a. Information about and images of lunna in shetland on undiscovered scotland. Lunna lunna house was the original hq of the shetland. Aug 28, 2015 the shetland bus the shetland bus was a world war ii resistance movement taking wireless operators, armaments and combatants into nazi occupied norway and returning with refugees and members of the resistance. Lunna house was the first headquarter for the shetland bus operations during world war ii. You may recognise the name lunna, as this was the station from which the shetland bus ran from in may 1940 before moving its headquarters to scalloway in 1942. The operational base, which had been at lunna on the east coast, was moved to.

Lunna house was the original headquarters of the shetland bus. The shetland bus was the nickname given to the norwegian fishing fleet, which was used to shuttle refugees secretly to freedom and bring supplies and intelligence to the allied forces. Lunna house is noted for having the best historic designed landscape in shetland. This is about ktl 8 orkney and shetland, dylan winters blog, ktl 8 scotland.

In the early years of wwii lunna house became the hq of the norwegian resistance and boats. Norway house was used to accommodate crews courtesy alastair hamilton. The shetland bus took munitions and supplies from the islands to the resistance movement in nazioccupied norway, while rescuing refugees. Lunna house is situated near lunna bay, about 150 miles across the north sea from norway. The panel features the names of just some of the boats and men who undertook these heroic. It was originally based in lunna but later moved to scalloway. Lunna kirk shetland islands scotland drone video lunna house 0. It was also secluded which would help with the necessity to keep the operations secret.

In 2006 the family and neighbours were hosts to bbc springwatch programme for two weeks during the filming and broadcasting. Hidden away down a dead end road in the north east of mainland, this church is perched near lunna house famous as the headquarters for the shetland bus in wwii. Lunna kirk shetland islands 2020 all you need to know. Its central role in the saga of the shetland bus, and how it is believed peergroves won the norwegian award can be cobbled together from various sources, including the daily telegraph account of lunna house, and a. Lunna house this house was used as an operations base by the norwegian resistance who ran the shetland bus during world war ii scalloway scalloway castle and the nearby museum. Lunna is a double or twin bedded room please state preference with shower on the 1st floor of the hotel. View pictures taken at one hour intervals 640x480 view pictures taken at 5 min intervals 640x480. The norwegian vessels smuggled weapons, fuel, radio transmitters, agents as well as messages into norway. Leif andreas shetland larsen from bergen was one of the most famous crewmen, making 52 trips in total.