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The German Imperial Navy Light Cruiser SMS Frankfurt seen here in the Firth of Forth at
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The German Imperial Navy Light Cruiser SMS Frankfurt seen here in the Firth of Forth at the end of Operation ZZ the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet to the Royal Navy following the signing of the armistice. 21st November 1918.
Throughout the war SMS Frankfurt saw extensive action with the High Seas Fleet, primarily in the North Sea, and participated in the Bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft 24th April 1916 and the battles of Jutland and Second Heligoland
Following the war, she was interned along with the rest of the German fleet in Scapa Flow. When the fleet was scuttled on 21st June 1919, Frankfurt was one of the few ships that were not successfully sunk. Following the signing of the Versailles peace treaty she was ceded to the US Navy as a war prize and ultimately expended as a bomb target in tests conducted by the US Navy and Army Air Force in July 1921
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