SUNKEN GERMAN FLEET.
SALVAGE OPERATIONS.
ALLIES DEMAND SHIPS.
LONDON. Dec. 8.
In order to satisfy the clamorous demands of France and Italy, the Admiralty has been compelled to undertake extensive salvage operations at Scapa Flow.
The United States has waived all claims to the ships, declaring that the German fleet is well sunk.
Great Britain proposed sinking "the remaining ships, but the Allies decided upon a scheme of division. Each" Great Power is to receive a German battleship, cruiser, and destroyer, nominally for scientific purposes. It is agreed that these ships shall be destroyed after shipping constructors rmc completed their studies. France's battleship will be the superdreadnought Baden. Britain has promised to try and raise another for Italy. Other nations will be satisfied with older battleships not yet handed over by Germany. The Allies have specially allocated to France and Italy five cruisers and ten destroyers each. This will require the salvage of at least three cruisers from Scapa Flow. The balance will comprise ships not yet handed over, and those which were not sunk.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17346, 18 December 1919, Page 9
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175SUNKEN GERMAN FLEET. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17346, 18 December 1919, Page 9
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