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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Birlinn Ltd; 2nd Revised edition edition (26 Feb 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1843410389
  • ISBN-13: 978-1843410386
  • Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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'Dan van der Vat is a superb storyteller' - The Northern Mariner 'an excellent book that tells its story with style and passion ... highly recommended' - New Shetlander

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The Grand Scuttle became a folk legend in both Germany and Britain. However, few people are aware that Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter became the only man in history to sink his own navy because of a misleading report in a British newspaper; that the Royal Navy guessed his intention but could do nothing to thwart it; that the sinking produced the last casualties and the last prisoners of the war; and that fragments of the Kaiser's fleet are probably on the moon. This is the remarkable story of the scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow. It contains previously unused German archive material, eye-witness accounts and the recollections of survivors, as well as many contemporary photos which capture the awesome spectacle of the finest ships of the time being deliberately sunk by their own crew.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A compelling account of the greatest scuttle ever., 4 Dec 2004
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This review is from: The Grand Scuttle: The Sinking of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919 (Paperback)
World War One was over. The two main protagonists had been Great Britain and Germany who, between them, possessed the two largest naval fleets in the world. Germany was beaten and her ships interned with skeleton crews in Scapa Flow whilst decisions were made as to which of the victorious allied nations got which ships to add to their own fleets - as war reparations. To the victor go the spoils and all that.

In the meantime Germany was changing fast. The Kaiser and German imperialism were gone and a new Republic was born. On board the ships in Scapa Flow ordinary sailors no longer took orders from their officers. They were now republicans and they set up workers councils and undertook only those tasks which "they" saw as essential. As a Navy they were a sorry sight.

Against this backdrop, the man in charge of those ships and crews was Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter who was a fine commander of the old school. Whilst the British were simply trying to run a floating prison camp, von Reuter hatched a plan to deny the victorious Allies all the ships under his "command." They included 5 Battlecruisers, 11 Battleships, 8 Cruisers and numerous Destroyers. But!, he could not trust all of those under his command with knowledge of either his plan - or even that one existed.

Nevertheless, on 21 June 1919, under the very noses of those British guards and also under the very noses of certain crew members who would have spoiled his plans, von Reuter successfully scuttled his entire fleet.

This is an essential account where the author tells that entire story so exceedingly well. It is an excellent read and I congratulate him for his painstaking research and for the well written text.

NM

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