News / Scalloway all set for Shetland Bus events
THE RESTORED Shetland Bus sub-chaser Hitra and the Norwegian tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl arrived at Scalloway harbour on Friday morning for a weekend of events to commemorate the wartime operation linking the isles with Nazi-occupied Norway.
Their visits mark 75 years since the Shetland Bus operation suffered heavy losses in 1943 during the Second World War.
Full report to follow later today.
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