SMS Brummer
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Scapa
Flow, 21.June 1919, Konteradmiral Ludwig Von Reuter has
just issued the order "Paragraph 11", the code for the
German fleet to scuttle themselves. Brummer, once part of
this mighty fleet, ended up on the sea bottom in Scapa
Flow. Within a few hours this day, almost the whole fleet
disappeared in the deep, with exceptions of a few
destroyers and smaller units that the British Navy managed
to beach or avoid being scuttled. In the following years,
most of the wrecks were salvaged by different companies,
but not Brummer. The wreck rest on her starboard side on a
depth of 20 to 36 meter north of Cava.
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 Picture: SMS Brummer Wikipedia, Public domain  "Despite being designed as
a minelayer, the German Navy never operated SMS Brummer
as such. She and her sister were used to raid a British
convoy to Norway in October 1917. The two cruisers sank
two escorting destroyers and nine of the twelve merchant
ships of the convoy. The Kaiserliche
Marine considered sending the two ships to attack
convoys in the Atlantic Ocean, but the difficulties
associated with refueling at sea convinced the Germans
to abandon the plan. Brummer was included in the list of
ships interned at Scapa Flow following the armistice. On
21 June 1919, the commander of the interned fleet, Rear
Admiral Ludwig Von Reuter, ordered the scuttling of the
fleet. Brummer was successfully scuttled, and unlike
most of the other wrecks, she was never raised for
scrapping"
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