Moltke | Scapaflow 1919 - The Big Scuttle
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Moltke

Ship Name

Moltke

Ship Type

Battle-cruiser

Flotilla (Destroyers only)

–

Tonnage (Reuter RM/8/1311)

23,000

Sinking Time

13:10

Sunk or beached

sunk

Salvaged

Y

Purchase Details

Sold 28.8.26 by Admiralty for £1,000 to Cox and Danks. Sold to Alloa Shipbreaking Company c.3/28 for £40,000.

Breaking Up

Towed by Seefalke, Simson and Pontos (named as Posen in some literature)Arrived Rosyth 21.5.28. Demolition started 16.6.28. Finished March 1929.

Wreck Details

–

Salvage Co.

Cox & Danks

Salvage Year

1927

Salvage Month

Jun

Date raised (George)

10.6.27

Launched

4.7.10

Builder

Blohm und Voss, Hamburg

Comments

Date of raising also given as 13.6.27. Tonnage 22,640 (23,000 tons Bowman p.140).