G.101 | Scapaflow 1919 - The Big Scuttle
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G.101

Ship Name

G.101

Ship Type

Destroyer

Flotilla (Destroyers only)

No.2. Flotilla

Tonnage (Reuter RM/8/1311)

1,215

Sinking Time

–

Sunk or beached

sunk

Salvaged

Y

Purchase Details

Sold 25.1.24 by Admiralty for £200to Cox and Danks. Sold to Alloa Shipbreaking Company with B.109 and G.104for £1,800 in total.

Breaking Up

–

Wreck Details

–

Salvage Co.

Cox & Danks

Salvage Year

1926

Salvage Month

Apr

Date raised (George)

13.4.26

Launched

12.8.14

Builder

Germaniawerft, Kiel

Comments

Scuttled in shallow water. Transferred to American control 17.2.20 and sunk off Cape Henry as bombing target (Buxton p.62 holds that arrived Charlestown 17.6.26 and commenced demolition 26.6.26)