SMS Derfflinger
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SMS Derfflinger was a battlecruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine built in the early 1910s during the Anglo-German naval arms race. She was the lead ship of her class of three ships; her sister shi
Blücher capsizes.
The German battlecruisers bombard Lowestoft
Derfflinger fires a broadside salvo.
Queen Mary explodes under concentrated salvos from Seydlitz and Derfflinger
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
SMS Derfflinger
…After the end of the war in November 1918, the fleet was interned in Scapa Flow. On the order of Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter, the interned ships were scuttled on 21 June 1919 to prevent them from being seized by the Allied powers. The Derfflinger class was authorized for the 1911 fiscal year as part of the 1906 naval law…
Bayern sinking by the stern
John Lavery's painting of the German delegates arriving on HMS Queen Elizabeth
HMS Cardiff leading the fleet into the Firth of Forth
Emden, Frankfurt and Bremse entering Scapa Flow