Jutland to junkyard - S. C. George
the raising of the scuttled German High Seas Fleet from Scapa Flow; the greatest salvage operation of all time
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KORTE INHOUD
On June 21, 1919, at Scapa Flow in Orkney, one of the most extraordinary events in naval history occurred. To the astonishment of those who witnessed it, the German High Seas Fleet - one of the most powerful in history - began in unison to sink. By late morning, ten battleships, six battlecrulsers, eight light cruisers and a host of smaller ships lay on the seabed.. "Although at the time the Admiralty stated that salving the ships was an impossibility, from 1924 on, the great battlefleet was, ship by ship, ...
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