Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow
Name Type Sunk/Beached Fate
Baden Battleship Beached Transferred to British control , sunk as a target in 1921
Bayern Battleship Sunk 14:30 Salvaged September 1933
Friedrich der Grosse Battleship Sunk 12:16 Salvaged 1937
Grosser Kurfürst Battleship Sunk 13:30 Salvaged April 1938
Kaiser Battleship Sunk 13:15 Salvaged March 1929
Kaiserin Battleship Sunk 14:00 Salvaged May 1936
König Battleship Sunk 14:00 Unsalvaged
König Albert Battleship Sunk 12:54 Salvaged July 1935
Kronprinz Wilhelm Battleship Sunk 13:15 Unsalvaged
Markgraf Battleship Sunk 16:45 Unsalvaged
Prinzregent Luitpold Battleship Sunk 13:15 Salvaged March 1929
Derfflinger Battlecruiser Sunk 14:45 Salvaged August 1939
Hindenburg Battlecruiser Sunk 17:00 Salvaged July 1930
Moltke Battlecruiser Sunk 13:10 Salvaged June 1927
Seydlitz Battlecruiser Sunk 13:50 Salvaged November 1929
Von der Tann Battlecruiser Sunk 14:15 Salvaged December 1930
Bremse Cruiser Sunk 14:30 Salvaged November 1929
Brummer Cruiser Sunk 13:05 Unsalvaged
Cöln Cruiser Sunk 13:50 Unsalvaged
Dresden Cruiser Sunk 13:50 Unsalvaged
List of ships
The scuttling of the German fleet took place at the Royal Navy's base at Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland, during the First World War. The High Seas Fleet was interned there under the terms of the Armistice whilst negotiations took place over the fate of the ships. Fearing that all of the ships would be seized and divided amongst the Allies, Admiral Ludwig von Reuter decided to scuttle the fleet. The scuttling was carried out on 21 June 1919. Intervening British guard ships were able to beach a number of the ships, but 52 of the 74 interned vessels sank. Many of the wrecks were salvaged over the next two decades and were towed away for scrapping. Those that remain are popular diving sites. The ships are the world's primary source of low-background steel.