SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm
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After
the armistice 11. November 1918 between Germany and the
Entente, it was decided that the German Navy should be
interned at Scapa Flow. The fleet with 5 battle cruisers,
11 battleships, 8 cruisers and 50 other ships arrived
Scapa Flow in late November 1918, and occupied the whole
area from Hoy Sound down to Lyness. The fleet was guarded
by the British Home Fleet. While the peace negotiations
went on, the German got suspicious that the British wanted
to confiscate their ships. 21.June 1919 Admiral Von Reuter
issued the order to launch Paragraph 11, the code for the
fleet to be scuttled. The whole mighty German fleet
disappeared in the deep in the following hours. Most of
the wrecks were either raised or salvaged, but a few of
them were left alone in the deep. The wreck of Kronprinz
Wilhelm rest today upside down on a depth of 12 to 35
meter north of Cava. Also
see the wrecks of Brummer,
Cöln,
Dresden,
F 2, Karlsruhe, König, Markgraf, V 83 and the salvage barge YC-21.
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| GPS: 58 53.64 N, 3 09.79 W ( Source: Scapa Flow Wrecks )  Picture: SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm in Scapa Flow Courtesy of Imperial War Museum, Public domain Last updated: January 2021 |
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