After Germany was defeated in the First World War, 74 of its warships were confined at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands pending a decision on their future. On 21 June 1919 German Rear Admiral Ludwig ...

One hundred years ago, on 5 June 1916, the British field marshall, Lord Kitchener, drowned off Orkney’s Scapa Flow, near Marwick Head. His ship, HMS Hampshire, had been struck by a German U-boat mine; ...

In total, 52 of the 74 interned vessels sank (Picture: SWNS.COM) Today, 21 June, marks 100 years since the Scapa Flow scuttling – the day 52 German warships were sank in one day. It was the single ...

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Divers have mapped several Scapa Flow wrecks ahead of the centenary in 2019 A detailed record of German warships scuttled in Scapa Flow has been created in preparation for the centenary of their ...

The first image generated of a scuttled German battleship at Scapa Flow after a multibeam echosounder survey has been released. The Markgraf was among dozens of ships from the German High Seas Fleet ...

Experts have called for special protection environmental for Scapa Flow off Orkney where the German fleet was scuttled in 1919. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get ...

THE seabed of Scapa Flow is a shipwreck graveyard – an underwater maritime museum – with wrecks from the two World Wars. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited ...

The sinking of Germany's captive Imperial Navy off a Scottish island in 1919 signaled the death of the Kaiser's Reich. The event is being commemorated by the German navy on its 100th anniversary.

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A previously undocumented German wreck has been discovered in Scapa Flow. The vessel is believed to be a pinnace - a small boat which would have acted as a supply boat for larger ships. It is likely ...