 Both Bayern and Baden were interned in Scapa Flow following the Armistice in November 1918 . Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter , the commander of the interned German fleet , ordered his ships be sunk on 21 June 1919 ; Bayern was successfully scuttled , though British guards managed to beach Baden to prevent her from sinking . The ship was eventually expended as a gunnery target in 1921 . Sachsen and Württemberg , both at various stages of completion when the war ended , were broken up for scrap metal . Bayern was raised in 1934 and broken up the following year . 
