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21. June 1919 the commander Ludwig Von Reuter issued the order to launch "paragraph 11", the code for the fleet to scuttle. Within few hours almost the whole mighty German Hochensee fleet disappeared in the deep, with exceptions of a few destroyers and smaller units that the British navy managed to put ashore or avoid being scuttled. In the years that followed and all the way until the outbreak of second world war, most of the wrecks were salvaged by different companies, but still the wrecks of the König, Markgfraf, Kronprinz Wilhelm, Brummer, Dresden, Cõln, Karlsruhe and several smaller units rests in the deep outside Hoy. The wreck of the light cruiser Brummer rest today with a listing of 90 degrees towards starboard on a depth of twenty to thirty six meters north of the island Cava in Scapa Flow. The wreck of Brummer is a popular target for the dive operators in Scapa Flow...
Bremse class. Light
cruiser \ minesweeper. Built by A.G. Vulkan, launched 11.12.1915,
officially completed 1916. Was used against the Allied shipping between
UK and Norway. |
Edited 29.06.2007 |