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
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
SMS Hindenburg
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SMS Hindenburg was a battlecruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine, the third ship of the Derfflinger class, built to a slightly modified design. She was laid down in October 1913 and launched in Aug
Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow
…had radioed ahead to order all available craft to prevent the German ships sinking or beach them. The last German ship to sink was the battlecruiser Hindenburg at 17:00, by which time 15 capital ships were sunk, and only Baden survived. Five light cruisers and 32 destroyers were also sunk. Nine German naval…
Hindenburg at anchor at Scapa Flow
Launch of Hindenburg, 1 August 1915
Hindenburg steams to Scapa Flow
Hindenburg at Scapa Flow