Sure, the armistice ending WWI was signed on November 11, 1918 but the peace negotiations afterwards dragged on and on. As a condition of the agreement, Germany’s fleet of warships were interned at Scapa Flow, the Royal Navy’s Base in Scotland. Thinking the peace negotiations were about to fail, Admiral Ludwig von Reuter ordered the 50 ships being held to be scuttled rather than fall into enemy hands. It is considered by many historians to be the greatest mass sinking of warships in modern history. More
Some were salvaged, some remain on the sea floor and are for sale today. More
maybe the Iranian Navy will need a few new battleships in the coming weeks …
we got a few scuttled WW1 vessels down my neck of the woods too … couple hundred of ’em
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallows_Bay
This is what happens when you allow your enemies to maintain their conquered fleet in one of your harbors for disposition to the victors.
The ships were a part of the “war reparations.”
Hmmm … may be a message in there, somewhere … about “reparations,” I mean.
izlamo delenda est …