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Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttled the German High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow to prevent the ships from being seized and divided amongst the Allied Powers.
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Ludwig von Reuter
19/20th-century German naval officer
Hans Hermann Ludwig von Reuter was a German admiral who commanded the High Seas Fleet when it was interned at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands at the end of World War I. On 21 June 1919 he ordered the scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow to prevent the UK from seizing the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow
Destruction of interned warships, 21 June 1919
On 21 June 1919, shortly after the end of the First World War, the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet was scuttled by its sailors while held off the harbour of the British Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The fleet was interned there under…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
High Seas Fleet
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The High Seas Fleet was the battle fleet of the German Imperial Navy and saw action during the First World War. In February 1907, the Home Fleet was renamed the High Seas Fleet. Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz was the architect of the fleet; he envisioned a force powerful enough to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Scapa Flow
Body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland
Scapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, South Ronaldsay and Hoy. Its sheltered waters have played an important role in travel, trade and conflict throughout the centuries. Vikings anchored their…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Allies of World War I
Military coalition in World War I
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