Explosion on board of the former German battle cruiser SMS Von der Tann according to the Dutch newspaper De Tijd dated 19 November 1930

Von der Tann. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item dated London, England 18th reported that 4 men were wounded in an explosion on board of the former German battleship SMS Von der Tann which was salvaged at Scapa Flow. The explosion was caused when a pipe was cut with the use of a cutting torch.(1)

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1. Battle cruiser preceded by Moltke-class.Laid down at the shipyard of Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany on 21 March 1908, launched on 20 March 1909, baptized on 1 September 1910, commissioned on 20 March 1909, interned after the First World War at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland but scuttled by her own crew to prevent that she fell into British hands on 21 June 1919 and in the 1930s raised and broken up at Rosyth. Her homeport Was Kiel, Germany.