The Grand Scuttle

Vat, Daan van der: 1986 UK, hardcover with dust jacket, 240 pages, illustrated. The Grand Scuttle by Dan van der Vat is a detailed narrative history of the scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919, examining the motives of Admiral Ludwig von Reuter and his men and the dramatic day the ships were sent to the bottom. It also analyses the political and naval consequences of the loss of this fleet, using archival sources and eyewitness accounts to show how the event shaped post‑war naval policy and memory. ISBN 9781843410690 In very good condition