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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 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 in Scapa Flow. The wreck of the light cruiser Cöln rest today with a listing of 90 degrees towards starboard on a depth of twenty to thirty five meters northeast of the island Cava...
Dresden II class. Light
cruiser . Built by Blohm & Voss , launched 05.10.1916, officially
completed 1918. |
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Edited 29.06.2007 |