Surrender of the German High Sea Fleet: Position of Ships at 9am, 21st November 1918, en route for Firth of Forth

by Wwi

$200 · Offered by Biblioctopus

1918. Manuscript, 2 leaves in pencil on ruled paper, second leaf torn in half, slightly creased and browned. An eyewitness record of Operation ZZ. Item #1344 On the morning of 21 November 1918, ten days after the Armistice, the German High Seas Fleet sailed into captivity. Led by the light cruiser HMS Cardiff, 70 German warships nine battleships, five battlecruisers, seven light cruisers, and 49 destroyers were met by over 370 Allied vessels and escorted

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