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Originally Posted by Joe2  WRONG!!! the german sailors sunk their ships in 1918 as they could not live with the dishonor of being captured.
the just left the doors open as they had no explosives |
WRONG!!! There was no dishonor in being captured in Germany. The German culture is not like the Japanese Culture. First of all the scuttling happened in 1919 at Scapa Flow and not in 1918. German officers did not want the High Seas Fleet to be taken over and used by the Royal Navy, it had nothing to do with being captured.
I a relative in the Kaiserliche Marine in WW1 and he has some interesting pictures of the Scapa Flow incident. My grandmother has them, when I go and visit her the next time I will ask if I can have them to scan so that I can post them on here.
Interesting fact is the Kaiserliche Marine was never fully defeated going into Scapa Flow. She had actually met the Royal Navy on equal terms during the war and neither side had a full victory over the other. The RN would have a decisive victory which in turn was met with a decisive victory by the High Seas Fleet.
Interesting feats of the German Navy of WW1.
Inflicted the first major defeat that the Royal Navy suffered in 100 years at the Battle of Coronel on 14 November 1914 of the Coast of Chili. In the Battle the Germans sunk Cruisers, killing 1654 men with only 3 wounded German sailors.
Sunk more British Ships than lost at the Battle of Jutland from May 31, 1916 to June 1, 1916. In this battle the British lost 3 battlecruisers, 3 armoured cruisers and 8 destroyers with 6,094 killed, 510 wounded and 177 captured. The Germans lost 1 battlecruiser, 1 pre-dreadnought, 4 light cruisers and 5 torpedo-boats with a loss of 2,551 killed and 507 wounded.
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