The Grand Scuttle – The sinking of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919

The Grand Scuttle – The sinking of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919 – Author Dan Van Der Vat – paperback

Publisher: Birlinn

At the end of the First Workd War, the German High Seas Fleet was interned in the British Grand Fleet’s principal anchorage at Scapa Flow. Fearing that hostilities would resume because of the apparent impasse at the Versaillies peace talks, Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter gave the order to scuttle the ships, and on 21 June 1919, one of the most formidable fleets ever built slowly sank beneath the Orcadians water.
276 Pages