SMS Moltke
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SMS Moltke was the lead ship of the Moltke-class battlecruisers of the German Imperial Navy, named after the 19th-century German Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke. Commissioned on 30 September 1911, th
Moltke visiting Hampton Roads, Virginia, in 1912
Moltke in New York in 1912
US Navy officers coming aboard Moltke during the ship's visit to the United States in June 1912
Moltke (left) and an unidentified armored cruiser in German waters early in the war
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 Moltke
…most of the High Seas Fleet, was interned at Scapa Flow pending a decision by the Allies as to the fate of the fleet. The ship met her end when she was scuttled, along with the rest of the High Seas Fleet in 1919 to prevent them from falling into Allied hands. The wreck of Moltke was raised in 1927 and scrapped…
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