page_title: SMS G102
section_title: Scuttling Attempt At Scapa Flow And End
hierarchical_section_title: SMS G102 / Scuttling Attempt At Scapa Flow And End
caption_attribution_description: English: Scuttling of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow: Tug alongside scuttled German destroyer G 102 at Scapa Flow.
context_page_description: SMS G102 was a German Torpedo boat that was sunk as a target by US army S.E.5 aircraft in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Henry, Virginia, United States on 13 July 1921 after having been salvaged as war reparations following her failed scuttling in Scapa Flow two years prior.
context_section_description: While being anchored in Scapa Flow awaiting the result of a treaty to end the war formally, the German Imperial Navy decided to scuttle her fleet instead of having it distributed between the victorious powers on 21 June 1919. The following event ended with most of the German fleet being either sunk or beached. G102 was the only ship of her class which failed to scuttle herself, instead being beached by intervening British guard ships during her attempt. Of the 74 interned vessels at Scapa Flow, 52 managed to scuttle themselves with their wrecks being either salvaged, scrapped or left as future diving sites.
  She was refloated and turned over to the United States Navy as War reparations in 1920 alongside other salvaged ships from Scapa Flow. The Americans ended up using G102 as a target for the US army's S.E.5 aircraft, which sank her on 13 July 1921 in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Henry, Virginia, United States.
caption: G102 beached at Scapa Flow.
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