The Last Days of the High Seas Fleet: From Mutiny to Scapa Flow, Nicholas Jellicoe

The Last Days of the High Seas Fleet: From Mutiny to Scapa Flow, Nicholas JellicoeNew Hardback 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. This much is well known, but

Bombing Germany into defeat seemed Britain's only option

the blame should fall

000 flying hours

Charles Spicer draws on newly discovered primary sources

This is the story of the last class-divided passenger ships that carried travellers from point to point

it also explores the later adaptations and reworkings that cemented his reputation as a cultural phenomenon

Katherine May thoughtfully shows us how to come through these times with the wisdom of knowing that

and the people whose labour has shaped it

immersive photography

Yet as Sarah learned how to farm and grew closer to the land

It's astropolitics

going on to show their country's flag in Hawaii