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Tuesday 20 September 2016

Former German battle cruiser Hindenburg nearly refloated according to the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 26 August 1926


An item reported that the efforts to salvage the former German battleship Hindenburg scuttled in 1919 Scape Flow were until now successful. The main part of the ship was already raised above the water.(1)

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1. Battle cruiser. Building ordered under the 1912-1913 Naval Program as a replacement of th protected cruiser Hertha, laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft, Wilhelmshaven, Germany on 1 October 1913, launched on 1 August 1915, commissioned on 10 May 1917, fully operational on 20 October 1917, scuttled by her own crew in Scapa Flow, Orkney Isles, Scotland on 21 June 1919, wreck salvaged on 23 July 1930 and broken up at Rosyth, Scotland between 1930-1932. Part of the Derfflinger-class although with a modified design like improved gun turrets resulting in an increased fire range with 2.5 degrees more elevation (16 degrees).