The Great Scuttle: The End of the German High Seas Fleet: Witnessing History

Witness the dramatic end of the German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow through vivid eyewitness accounts.

In 1919, following Germany's surrender, its High Seas Fleet was interned at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. To prevent the Allied Powers from seizing his ships, Admiral von Reuter orchestrated their scuttling, a secret operation carried out by skeleton crews. As the ships sank, a group of schoolchildren found themselves unexpectedly amidst an event of global significance.

The Great Scuttl...