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File:HMS Cardiff leading the German high seas fleet.jpg

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English: IWM caption: THE SURRENDER OF THE GERMAN HIGH SEAS FLEET, NOVEMBER 1918: Royal Navy light cruiser HMS Cardiff leading the German battle cruisers into the Firth of Forth.
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Image of the exterior main entrance to the Imperial War Museum in London. This photograph Q 19288 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums
(collection no. 1900-74) 		Flag of the United Kingdom.
Author Royal Navy official photographer
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current09:23, 26 March 2026Thumbnail for version as of 09:23, 26 March 20261,300 × 660 (104 KB)IchCropped 35% vertically, 35% areawise using CropTool2 with lossless mode.
09:22, 26 March 2026Thumbnail for version as of 09:22, 26 March 20261,300 × 1,022 (140 KB)Ichlarger (from iwm)
08:40, 4 December 2011Thumbnail for version as of 08:40, 4 December 2011800 × 628 (56 KB)Rcbutcherreplaced with new higher-resolution version from IWM
16:52, 4 September 2007Thumbnail for version as of 16:52, 4 September 2007350 × 255 (24 KB)Benea~commonswiki{{Information |Description=SURRENDER AND SCUTTLING OF THE GERMAN FLEET AT SCAPA FLOW, NOVEMBER 1918 - JUNE 1919. Arrival at Rosyth: HMS CARDIFF leading German battle-cruisers into Rosyth |Source=[http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/ IWMCollections] IWM Photo

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