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The battleship SMS Bayern of the German Imperial Fleet seen here sinking by the stern
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The battleship SMS Bayern of the German Imperial Fleet seen here sinking by the stern
The battleship SMS Bayern of the German Imperial Fleet seen here sinking by the stern on the morning of the 21st June 1919 shortly after the crew had opened the seacocks to scuttled the ship.
The SMS Bayern along with the rest of the German High Sea Fleet had been interned by the British Royal Navy in November 1918 at Scapa Flow, pending the outcome of the peace negotiations. On 21 June 1919 Rear Admiral Ludwig Von Reuter fearing the British were about to seize the fleet, gave the command to scuttle the entire fleet to prevent it from falling into British hands
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