... German fleet was surrendered to the Allies: all were interned at the British naval base of Scapa Flow in Scotland. The treaty of Versailles demanded that these ships all become the permanent property of the Allies. In protest, the German crews on the interned ships then scuttled their fleet in Scapa Flow. The Forgotten Wars - China, Africa and South East Asia The ...

... repairs; fitting of new bows in North Shields; joining Convoy PQ18; fate of Convoy PQ18; start of return Convoy QP14; plan for ship to break from convoy for Scapa Flow; torpedoing of ship by U-435, 22/9/1942; provisions in ship's lifeboat and preparations for emergency. REEL 10 Continues: abandoning ship and rescue ...

... he was present at the surrender of the Kaiserliche Marine (German Imperial Navy) at the Firth of Forth on 21 November 1918 and was a witness to the self-scuttling of said fleet at Scapa Flow 21 June 1919. In 1926, he and several other senior sailors were loaned to the Royal Australian Navy for instruction purposes. He so took to the land Down ...

... , and it is 91 years ago since the cessation of hostilities in the First World War. Peace was not declared until June 1919. The German Hochseeflotte was interned in Scapa Flow, Orkney, and in order to prevent the fleet being seized by the British, the commander of the fleet ordered it to be scuttled. Unbeknown to any but the most senior officers, ...

Following the armistice of 1918, the German Navy was moved to Scapa Flow, and moored there with their German crews while the greedy allies decided who would get what ships. Ze Germans however, wanted nothing of this, so despite the armistice, scuttled the ships, an act of war in and of its own. Some of the ships were saved and ...

... on HMS Revenge during a 41-year naval career that spanned both world wars, witnessing the surrender of the German Imperial Navy in 1918 and the scuttling of the fleet in Scapa Flow. But his daughter Daphne Edinger said Choules had been scarred by his experiences and chose not to celebrate the Armistice or other veterans’ days.

... through a similar staple embedded into an oildrum full of concrete. Here on Flotta, we have to park it in a windswept area on the shores of Scapa Flow. We also have no means of tying it down. So, rather than wake up one morning to see our beloved caravan joining the German Navy (i.e. the one that was scuttled at the end of the First ...

... be arranged for those that are not trimix trained. The trip will take place on board the MV Karin which as some of you will know has been re-engined and improved on this year. You can view the boat at Scapa Flow Diving, Orkney & John's Charters - Scuba Diving Costs will be £500 full board for the weeks diving but this obviously does not ...

... the Orkney Islands, being forced to construct causeways to block German U-Boots from accessing Scapa Flow. The name those four causeways got, by the way: Churchill Barriers (sic!). As you can read (at least) the essentials here, I do allow myself to indulge one of my favourite passions - do I detect a knowing simper on the lips ...

... and wife were on Mainland last night and it hammered it down with real ferocity. With a couple of pints of Scapa Special and a homemade pizza on board, a cosy bed and a good book, I didn't ... of the highest points on the farm), pouring water into a delta near the pigshed, which in turn sent a steady flow down past the barn onto the lane towards the main road and - in the long run - the Atlantic. ...