SCAPA FLOW
Recalled By Deat» Of German Admiral CARRIED OUT KAISER'S ORDER Rec. 1 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 21. The German News Agency announced the death of Vice-Admiral Ludwig von Renter, aged 75, who ordered the scuttling of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow, in 1919. Von Reuter claimed that in ordering the scuttling he only carried out the Kaiser's order given in 1914, that no ship under any circumstances should fall into enemy hands.
In November, 101S, von Renter took command of the German Fleet, which was delivered to Britain under the terms of the armistice, and on November 21 the German warships were received in the Firth of Forth by the British Grand Fleet. They were later sent to Scapa Flow to await the decision of the Peace Conference, and two days before British officers and ratings were to have boarded the ships they were scuttled by von neuter's orders, the entire German Fleet, with the exception of one battleship, three liprht cruisers and 21 destroyers disanneannsr beneath the waves. The raising of the vessels took several years, and was considered a feat of salvaging.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 303, 22 December 1943, Page 5
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