After the armistice in 1918, "Bayern"—together with the majority of the German High Seas Fleet—was interned at Scapa Flow, the home of the British Grand Fleet. "Bayern" arrived there on 23 November 1918 with a skeleton crew of only 175 men, including Lindemann, who was then ordered to return to Germany, arriving in Kiel on 12 January. On 21 June 1919, Admiral Ludwig von Reuter ordered the scuttling of the fleet, and "Bayern" sank at 14:30.