Introduction : Scapa Flow, 21 June 1919 -- Part I. A study in folly : the Anglo-German naval arms race. German naval expansion ends British isolation -- Acceleration and the prelude of war -- Part II. Willing to would but afraid to strike : the war at sea. The skirmishes before Jutland -- Jutland and the U-boat campaign -- Part III. The grand scuttle : the salvage of honour. Mutiny -- The last voyage -- Internment -- Reuter's decision -- "Paragraph eleven. Confirm" -- Aftermath -- Parts IV. Picking up the pieces : the saga of the salvage. Unfinished business -- Appendix I. The ships of the internment formation -- Appendix II. The text of the order to scuttle.