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German battle-cruiser HINDENBERG at Scapa [during the first world war] – Antique Print

German battle-cruiser HINDENBERG at Scapa [during the first world war], c1919. — historic photograph
German battle-cruiser HINDENBERG at Scapa [during the first world war], c1919.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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German battle-cruiser HINDENBERG at Scapa [during the first world war]

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Photographed at Scapa Flow, this view shows the German battle-cruiser *Hindenburg*, which the record misspells as "Hindenberg." Completed in 1917, it was the last of the Derfflinger-class battle-cruisers. After the armistice of November 1918, it was one of the German High Seas Fleet ships interned in the Orkney Islands under British guard. The caption dates the picture to about 1919, when the ships were still waiting there. In June 1919, rather than surrender them to the Allies, the German crews scuttled their vessels, including *Hindenburg*.

Created / publishedc1919.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint copyrighted by N.R.? George. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ships; WWI; Ph. Ind.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,071 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-157901

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