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Warships’ Bells (Special Crspdt. N.Z.P.A.) LONDON, Sept. 1. The bells of two ships of the German Navy, scuttled at Scapa Flow in June, 1919, after the surrender of the Kaiser’s fleet, have been returned to the German Navy. The smaller of the two bells came from the Freidrich der Grosse (24,310 tons). She was the flagship of the Comman-der-in-Chief of the Imperial German Fleet during the Battle of Jutland in 1916. The other was from the battle cruiser Derfflinger (26,180 tons), the flagship of the German cruiser squadron. She had taken part in the Battle of Dogger Bank in 1915 and the Battle of Jutland. The bells were salvaged and had lain in a Clydeside ship-breaker’s yard until they were found last Easter. The bells, which will be kept in places of honour in Germany, were swung on board the German naval frigate Scheer, formerly the Royal Navy frigate, Hart, at Faslane, on Clydeside.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30845, 2 September 1965, Page 20
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