Mil News Sunken WW1 Scapa Flow warships sold for £85,000 on eBay

[BCNTM]

Sunken WW1 Scapa Flow warships sold for £85,000 on eBay

The vessels, which were part of the German High Seas fleet, were deliberately scuttled 100 years ago.

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bought two.....................

 

[NebrHogger]

For use as movie props?

 

[TheKiwi]

Well they're not war graves. And most of the rest of them have long since been scrapped. I think some of the steel salvaged during the 1930's went into WW2 RN ships...

 

[bfc1001]

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There's one on dry land here ......

 

[ao_sepia]

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[Gaz]

No use here because they're not allowed to be moved from the seabed but they're probably worth quite a bit in low-background steel.

Low-background steel - Wikipedia

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[Dercius]

I remember hearing that those ships were a good source of Steel for making new Geiger Counters.

 

[Dercius]

No use here because they're not allowed to be moved from the seabed but they're probably worth quite a bit in low-background steel.

Low-background steel - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Exactly what I was thinking, thanks for the info. A good read in a not well known issue.

 

[TheKiwi]

The Low Background Steel issue is exactly how we know for sure that there were no "Nazi Atomic Bombs" or other atomic fantasies prior to July 1945. There would be evidence in the steel created prior to July.