Further Reading , useful Links & Sources
NAVAL MUTINY & REVOLUTION IN GERMANY
Horn, Daniel (editor), War, Mutiny and the Revolution in the German Navy. The World War 1 Diary of Seaman Richard Strumpf, Rutgers University Press, 1967.
Woodward, David. The Collapse of Power. Mutiny in the High Seas Fleet. Arthur Barker, 1973.
Rackwitz, Martin. Kiel 1918, Revolution – Aufbruch zu Demokratie und Republik, Wachholtz, 2018.
THE GERMAN FLEET SCUTTLE
Krause, Andreas, Scapa Flow. Die Selbstversenkung der wilhelminischen Flotte, Ullstein,1999.
McCutcheon, James, The Ships of Scapa Flow, Amberley, 2013
Reuter, Vice Admiral Ludwig von, Scapa Flow: From Graveyard to Resurrection, 1921(English Edition Wordsmith Publications, 2005).
Ruge, Friedrich Scapa Flow 1919, The End of the German Fleet, 1969 (English Edition, Ian Allan, 1973).
Van der Vat, Dan, Grand Scuttle. The Sinking of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919, Hodder and Stoughton, 1982
THE SALVAGING OF THE GERMAN FLEET
Booth, Tony, Cox’s Navy. Salvaging the German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow 1924–1931, Pen and Sword Maritime, 2006.
Bowman, Gerald, The Man Who bought a Navy. The Story of the World’s Greatest Salvage Achievement at Scapa Flow, George Harrap, 1964.
George, SC, Jutland to Junkyard. The Raising of the Scuttled German Fleet from Scapa Flow – The Greatest Salvage Operation of All Time, Birlinn, 1999.
THE REMAINING WRECKS IN SCAPA FLOW
Macdonald, Rod, Dive Scapa Flow, Mainstream Publishing, 2011.
Ferguson, David M, The Wrecks of Scapa Flow, The Orkney Press, 1985.
Wood, Lawson. The Bull and the Barrier. The Wrecks of Scapa Flow.
The following are some useful web links to site connected with the Scuttle and its context:
THE GERMAN REVOLUTION
- North German Radio accounts.https://www.ndr.de/kultur/geschichte/chronologie/Erster-Weltkrieg-Die-Revolution-der-Matrosen,novemberrevolution100.html
- An account of the Wilhelmshaven mutiny by IKARUS (Ernst Schneider).https://www.marxists.org/subject/germany-1918-23/schneider/wilhelmshaven-revolt.htm
THE SCUTTLE
- A BBC accounting using the letters of a midshipman on HMS Revenge, Hugh ‘Ti’ David to give a flavor of the events of 21 June 1919. http://A BBC accounting using the letters of a midshipman on HMS Revenge, Hugh ‘Ti’ David to give a flavour of the events of 21 June 1919.
- A collection of images showing preparations for the last journey to Rosyth and life on the Flow. http://www.ww1-propaganda-cards.com/Scapa%20Flow.html
THE SALVAGE AND THE REMAINING WRECKS
- A blogspot for images of the scuttle wrecks and artefects that can still be seen on Orkney.http://clydeside-images.blogspot.com/2012/07/scapa-flow-scuttled-ww1-german-fleet.html
- An in-depth exploration of the main wrecks from the scuttling that still remain in the Flow as well as material on HMS Vanguard, HMS Royal Oak and the block-ships protecting the entrances to the Flow. http://www.scapaflowwrecks.com/history/
- One of the Orkney dive operation sites. http://www.scapa-flow.co.uk/