Seacock
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A seacock is a valve on the hull of a boat or a ship, permitting water to flow into the vessel, such as for cooling an engine or for a salt water faucet; or out of the boat, such as for a sink drain o
Engine room sea water valves
Sea valve at lower right
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
Seacock
…counterflooding). Opening the seacocks is one of the main methods used to scuttle a ship so that it cannot be captured by an opponent (for example in the scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow in 1919). Seacocks can be constructed from either metal or plastic components…
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