100 years ago this week, the German High Seas Fleet was imprisoned within Scapa Flow. Eight months after the First World War ended, on 21 June 1919, the ships were deliberately sunk in the waters off the Orkney coast. This video from Imperial War Museum London features incredible close-up footage of German sailors fishing from the decks of their surrendered ships and smiling at the camera before the biggest intentional sinking in history. Discover more about Scapa Flow's rich naval history on ou
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