Kaiser | Scapaflow 1919 - The Big Scuttle
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Kaiser

Ship Name

Kaiser

Ship Type

Battleship

Flotilla (Destroyers only)

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Tonnage (Reuter RM/8/1311)

24,700

Sinking Time

13:15

Sunk or beached

sunk

Salvaged

Y

Purchase Details

Sold 25.1.24 by Admiralty for £3,000 to Cox and Danks. Sold to Metal Industries for c £75,000 (source Buxton p.66).

Breaking Up

Towed from Scapa 23.8.30 by Seefalke, Pontos (named as Posen in some literature) and Ajax. Arrived Rosyth 27.8.30. Demolition started 17.9.30

Wreck Details

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Salvage Co.

–

Salvage Year

1929

Salvage Month

Mar

Date raised (George)

20.3.29

Launched

22.3.11

Builder

Kiel DY

Comments

Sinking time given as 13:30 in Selbstversenkungsbericht.