The Last Days of High Seas Fleet: From Mutiny to Scapa Flow

By Nicholas Jellicoe

On 21 June 1919 the ships of the German High Seas Fleet--interned at Scapa Flow since the Armistice--began to founder taking their British custodians completely by surprise. In breach of agreed terms the fleet dramatically scuttled itself in a well-planned operation that consigned nearly half a million tons and 54 of 72 ships to the bottom of the sheltered anchorage in a gesture of Wagnerian proportions. Using new material from German sources and a host of eye-witness testimonies Nicholas Jellicoe meticulously reconstructs the circumstances of the scuttling itself and clearly lays out the aftermath for all parties involved.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526754584
• ISBN13: 9781526754585
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"