Prinzregent Luitpold | Scapaflow 1919 - The Big Scuttle
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Prinzregent Luitpold

Ship Name

Prinzregent Luitpold

Ship Type

Battleship

Flotilla (Destroyers only)

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Tonnage (Reuter RM/8/1311)

24,800

Sinking Time

13:15

Sunk or beached

sunk

Salvaged

Y

Purchase Details

Sold 25.6.29 by Admiralty for £1,000 to Cox and Danks. Sold to Metal Industries 2/33 for £38,000 (source Buxton p.69).

Breaking Up

Towed from Scapa c 4.5.33 by Seefalke, Parnass, Seeteufel and Ferrodanks. Arrived Rosyth 11.5.33. Demolition started 13.6.33.

Wreck Details

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Salvage Co.

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Salvage Year

1929

Salvage Month

Mar

Date raised (George)

9.7.31

Launched

17.2.12

Builder

Germaniawerft, Kiel

Comments

Date of raising also given as 6.7.31. Given that Royal Oak was back at Scapa around 14:30, this would put Prinzregent Luitpold’s sinking anywhere between, say 13:50 – when Seydlitz went down - and 14:15, when Derfflinger joined her, and not 13:30. Tonnage 24,400 (Buxton p.69)