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The commander of the Hampshire, Captain Savill, had received his sailing orders the day before, on 4 June: Hampshire was to depart Scapa Flow on 5 June for Archangel in northern Russia – a journey of 1,649 nautical miles. She was to pass up the east side of Orkney on a route that was regularly swept for mines and to maintain a speed of not less than 18 knots. She was instructed to pass midway between the Shetlands and Orkney, and keep not less than 200 miles from the Norwegian coast on her journey north. She would have a protective screen of two destroyer escorts as far north as latitude 62°N, and from there on she would proceed alone at 18 knots, zigzagging to avoid torpedo attack.

Chart showing the proposed 1,649-nautical-mile route of the Hampshire from Scapa Flow past Shetland, up the Norwegian coast round the North Cape to Archangel in the White Sea.

Lord Kitchener,having arrived at Scapa Flow on 5 June 1916 aboard HMS Oak,crosses at 1225 to HMS Iron Duke for lunch with Admiral Jellicoe and his officers. It is already wet and windy. (IWM)