The sinking of Germany's captive Imperial Navy off a Scottish island in 1919 signaled the death of the Kaiser's Reich. The event is being commemorated by the German navy on its 100th anniversary.

It was the single greatest loss of warships in history, inflicted not by an enemy, but by a thwarted commander who refused to allow his seagoing might to become the spoils of war. Now, a century on ...

The pelagic grave of the long-suffering Lumberman lies open, its pallbearers waiting only for clear weather to tow it out and send it to the embrace of the crushing depths. “We have secured all ...

The salvaged bell will ring out over the waters of Scapa Flow today – the first time it has been heard in 100 years. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited ...

The scuttling of the German naval fleet in Orkney's Scapa Flow following the end of the First World War is to be marked 100 years on. It was described as the "single greatest act of naval suicide the ...