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Show PRIDE OF 6ERHIAH ' Mi SURRENDERS SEVENTY-ONE SHIPS OF ALL CLASSES GIVEN UP FOR INTERNMENT. A Line of Allied Warships Fifty Miles Long, and Including Five Big American Warships, Took Part in Ceremony. London. The bulk and pride of the German navy sin-rendered fifty miles off the coast of Scotland between 9:30 and 10 o'clock Thursday morning, November No-vember 21. It included seventy-one ships of all classes, including destroyers. destroy-ers. The surrender went off according to plan. British war ships escorted the (ionium craft into the Firth of Forth, where internment was begun at 1:45 p. m. Three Vessels Lacking The German surrendering fleet was short three vessels, namely, one battleship, battle-ship, one cruiser and one light cruiser. It was explained these would be delivered de-livered later. Among the seventy-one vessels surrendered sur-rendered were seven batleships, five battle cruisers and seven light cruisers, cruis-ers, the remainder being destroyers. The three vessels that were scheduled to give up but did not appear are being repaired, it was explained. King George, the prince of Wales and Admiral Sims were aooard Admiral Ad-miral Sir David Beatty's flagship, the superdreadnaught Queen Elizabeth, together to-gether with many British and American Ameri-can notables witnessing the impressing naval display. A line of allied warships" war-ships" fifty miles long and Including five big American greyhounds, took part in the ceremony. Altogether there were about 500 allied and American Ameri-can war craft in the "reviewing stand." About the same time the big surface sur-face fleet was delivered, the British forces from Harwich steamed out to meet the second batch of U-boats. One of the German submarines was disabled dis-abled en route. - The rendezvous between the victors and the vanquished took place near May . island. Rear Admiral Sinclair led the German fleet between lines of the British grand fleet and the allied and American vessels, which convoyed the Germans to their harbor of internment like armed guards marching convicts to their cells. The weather was favorable. Many big airplanes hovered overhead as the "eyes of the fleet." The Germans came with full crews aboard. It is understood under-stood that Admiral Beatty refused a German request that the German crews be permitted to stay aboard the ships at the point of surrender. |