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SMS Bayern sinking after being scuttled, Scapa Flow, WW1
The German battleship SMS Bayern sinking after being scuttled in Gutter Sound, Scapa Flow, Scotland after the end of the First World War. Date: 21 June 1919

HMY Britannia before being sunk, July 1936. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
HMY Britannia before being sunk, July 1936. After Britannia had been stripped of her spars and fittings, her hull was towed out to St Catherines Deep near the Isle of Wight

WW1 - German fleet sail to Scapa Flow, Scotland, UK
WW1 - German fleet set sail to Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom. 74 ships of the Kaiserliche Marines High Seas Fleet were interned in Gutter Sound at Scapa Flow pending a

American privateer General Armstrong in Port Fayal, Azores, 26 Sept. 1814
528795 American privateer General Armstrong in Port Fayal, Azores, 26 Sept. 1814, firing on 4 boats of British Marines from the Carnation'. Attack repelled

Crimean War 1853-1856: Russians, having destroyed as much as possible and scuttled their fleet
531340 Crimean War 1853-1856: Russians, having destroyed as much as possible and scuttled their fleet, abandoning the main southern part of Sebastapol for the northern forts, 8 September 1855

The Spanish-American War: The Sinking of the Merrimac, 1898, (c1900). Creator: Unknown
The Spanish-American War: The Sinking of the Merrimac, 1898, (c1900). It was determined to block the narrow entrance of Santiago harbour [in Cuba], and an old American collier steamer, the Merrimac

HMS Encounter, 2nd class protected cruiser, Challenger class
Royal Navy - HMS Encounter, a 2nd-class protected cruiser of the Challenger class, operated by the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN), as HMAS Encounter

A scuttled German warship, Scapa Flow, Orkney, June 1919

Volta (X62)
Marine Nationale Francaise - Volta (X62), a Mogador-class destroyer. Scuttled at Toulon on 27 November 1942. (Marine Nationale Francaise - French Navy) Date: circa 1940

The sinking of the German battlecruiser SMS Hindenburg, at Scapa Flow, England on June 21
498885 The sinking of the German battlecruiser SMS Hindenburg, at Scapa Flow, England on June 21, 1919, from The Year 1919 Illustrated by English Photographer

Scuttling of German fleet at Scapa Flow, post-WW1
The scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow after the First World War, June 1919. 1919

Crew of the German merchant ship Arucas are rescued by a British warship. 3rd March 1940

War War One German Fleet Surrender. Sailor watch the German fleet surrender at Scapa Flow in Scotland after World War One

War War One scuttled German Fleet Surrender. The Scuttled German fleet sinks into sea at scapa Flow in Scotland at the end of World War One. 21st June 1919

The scuttling of the German fleet took place at the Royal Navys base at Scapa Flow, in Scotland, after the end of the First World War. 21st June 1919

Fort Darling. Masked Battery and Obstruction in James River, ca. 1865. Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady

Men stand on forepart of part-submerged German Battlecruiser
WW1 - Men stand on the forepart of part-submerged German Battlecruiser SMS Bremse - Orkney - possibly part of the Scapa Flow salvage operations which commenced in 1919. Date: 1919

Divers Plugging A Leak During Salvage Operations Waist-Deep In Water On the Lower Decks Of The German Battleship " Hindenburg"

A Diver With Euphonium and Swords from the German Kaiser Scuttled at Scapa, c1930
A Diver With Euphonium and Swords from the German " Kaiser" Scuttled at Scapa, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co

Scuttled ship in Marseilles harbour, France, c1945-1949. As the Germans retreated in 1944 they destroyed the port, blocking the harbour with 192 wrecked ships

The German Battle Cruiser, Lutzow, Badly Damaged By The British Fleet In The Battle Of Jutland Bank, During World War I. From The Year 1916 Illustrated

The Sinking Of The German Battlecruiser Sms Hindenburg, At Scapa Flow, England On June 21, 1919. From The Year 1919 Illustrated

Scuttled German fleet sinks into sea at scapa Flow WWI in Scotland. War War One scuttled German Fleet Surrender. 21st June 1919

The Battleship Strasbourg in Toulon Harbour, France; Secon
Photograph showing the deck of the scuttled French battleship Strasbourg in Toulon harbour, 1944. An American soldier is shown standing on the deck looking at the forward turret

Sevastopol. Monument to the Scuttled Ships
Ukraine. Sevastopol. Monument to the Scuttled Ships. 1905. By A.G. Adamson, V.A. Feldman and O.I. Enberg. Sevastopol bay

H. M. S. E7 submarine
A Royal Navy E class submarine laid down in 1912. The E7 took part in the Dardanelles campaign, sinking thirteen ships. After becoming entangled in Turkish anti-submarine nets

Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow
The Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow on 21st June 1919 at the end of the First World War. The High Seas Fleet had been interned there under the terms of the Armistice whilst negotiations

Crimean War 1853-1856: Russians, having destroyed as much as possible and scuttled their fleet, abandoning the main southern part of Sebastapol for the northern forts, 8 September 1855

American privateer General Armstrong in Port Fayal, Azores, 26 Sept. 1814, firing on 4 boats of British Marines from the Carnation. Attack repelled

Wrecked ship C016 / 4781
Wrecked ship. Photographed on Dassen Island, Western Cape, South Africa

Von Der Tann Cruiser
Germanys first battlecruiser, she is severely damaged at the battle of Jutland, all guns out of action, but makes it home. She will be scuttled at Scapa Flow in June 1918. Date: launched 1909

Diver and shipwreck at the surface. This is the wreck of the Skipjack II, a Japanese fishing boat that was sunk at the end of its working life

Raising Scuttled Ships
Raising ships scuttled by the Germans at Scapa Flow

Glasgow Attacks Dresden
The British ship Glasgow fires upon the Dresden off the Chilean coast. The German captain scuttled his vessel after realising that the battle was lost

Salvaged Destroyer
A scuttled German destroyer is salvaged at Scapa Flow

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"Scuttled: A Tale of Sunken Ships and Hidden Histories" In the depths of Scapa Flow, a haunting silence envelops the remnants of SMS Bayern, once a mighty German battleship. Its proud hull now rests on the ocean floor, a solemn testament to its tragic fate. The year was 1919 when this behemoth met its demise after being scuttled by its own crew. Scapa Flow, located off the coast of Scotland in the United Kingdom, became an unexpected graveyard for many vessels during World War I. It was here that the German fleet sought refuge before surrendering at war's end. Little did they know that their ships would meet their final resting place beneath these treacherous waters. Among them stood Bismarck, shrouded in rain, sleet, and snow on that fateful day in May 1941. This legendary battleship succumbed to enemy fire during World War II but remains etched in history as one of Germany's most formidable warships. Yet it was not only German vessels that found themselves scuttled within Scapa Flow's embrace. HMS Encounter, a valiant British cruiser from the Challenger class, also met her watery grave here. As time passed and memories faded into obscurity, divers ventured into these murky depths to uncover forgotten stories. They discovered Volta (X62), another victim of deliberate sinking during post-World War I cleanup operations at Scapa Flow. One cannot help but imagine those brave men who once stood upon partially submerged battlecruisers like SMS Hindenburg or witnessed firsthand the scuttling spectacle unfold before their eyes on June 21st at Scapa Flow in England. Even further back in history lies Fort Darling—a relic from America's Civil War era—where masked batteries and obstructions guarded against enemy advances along Virginia's James River circa 1865. And so it goes.