SCAPA FLOW SINKINGS
VESSELS TO BE BLOWN UP. GERMANY’S “GLORIOUS DEED.” (The Times.) Received Jan. 8, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 6. The Admiralty salvage ships have carried out extensive soundings at Scapa Plow, and reported to the Allied Commission which, guided by the results of the soundings, decided to blow up the German ships. Admiral Meurer, who commanded the Baltic squadrons, has issued an order of the day describing as a “Glorious deed” the scuttling of the fleet at Scapa Flow, and declaring that the ships were “handed over through a disgraceful breach of contract.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14259, 9 January 1920, Page 5
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