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Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow

On 21 June 1919 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 Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The fleet was interned there at the end of World War I under the terms of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 while negotiations took place over its fate.

Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow
Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow · Royal Navy official photographer (C. W. Burrows), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
21 Jun 1919
Where
Scapa Flow
Era
Modern

Topics

United Kingdom43 CE – todayUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland1731 – 1942

Before and after

Polish–Lithuanian War1919 – 1920Silesian Uprisings1919 – 1921Show on timeline

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