Bayern | Scapaflow 1919 - The Big Scuttle
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Bayern

Ship Name

Bayern

Ship Type

Battleship

Flotilla (Destroyers only)

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Tonnage (Reuter RM/8/1311)

28,600

Sinking Time

14:30

Sunk or beached

sunk

Salvaged

Y

Purchase Details

Sold 3.11.33 by Admiralty for £750 to Metal Industries. (source Buxton p.76).

Breaking Up

Towed from Scapa 26.4.35 by Zwarte See, Witte See and Ganges. Arrived Rosyth 30.4.35. Demolition started 5.6.35.

Wreck Details

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Salvage Co.

Metal Industries

Salvage Year

1933

Salvage Month

Sep

Date raised (George)

09-01-34

Launched

18.2.15

Builder

Howaldswerke, Kiel

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