as scrap to the salvage firm of Cox and Danks, led by Ernest Cox, along with a battleship and twenty-six destroyers. Salvaging also proved difficult, as the ship sank again during the first attempt to raise her, wrecking most of the salvage equipment. Undaunted, Cox tried again, ordering that when she was next raised, news cameras would be there to capture him witnessing the moment. The plan nearly backfired when was accidentally refloated while Cox was holidaying in Switzerland. Cox told the workers to sink her again, then returned to Britain to be present as was duly refloated a third time. The ship was raised on 2 November 1928, and while still inverted was towed south to be scrapped in Rosyth by 1930. s bell is on display at the Laboe Naval Memorial. One of the ship's 15 cm guns, which had been removed in 1916, was later mounted aboard the commerce raider during World War II. Footnotes Notes Citations References Further reading External links DreadnoughtProject.org three high resolution dockyard drawings. Battlecruisers of the Imperial German Navy Ships built in Hamburg 1912 ships World War I battlecruisers of Germany World War I warships scuttled at Scapa Flow Maritime incidents in 1919