SMS Dresden
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SMS Dresden
was the second Cöln class light cruiser built for
the Kaiserlische Marine. She was launched in April 1917,
and was commissioned the year after. She never saw
anyaction during World War One, and was internet together
with most of the other German navy ships after the
armistice in November 1918. She went down in the deep
21.June 1919 when commander Ludwig Von Reuter issued the
code "Paragraph 11", the order for the whole German fleet
to be scuttled. Within a few hours most of the fleet
disappeared in the deep.All the way up until the outbreak
of second world war, most of the ships were either raised
or salvaged on site. The wreck of Dresden was left alone
and rest today with a listing towards port on a depth of
16 to 35 meter northeast of Cava. Also
see Brummer,
Cöln,
F 2, Karlsruhe, König, Kronprinz Wilhelm, Markgraf, V 83 and
YC-21.
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| GPS: 58 52.969 N, 3 08.526 W ( Source: Scapa Flow Wrecks )  Picture: SMS Dresden Wikipedia, Public domain |
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