Ludwig von Reuter

Ludwig von Reuter
Ludwig von Reuter in 1919
Born	(1869-02-09)9 February 1869 Guben, Prussia
Died	18 December 1943(1943-12-18) (aged 74) Potsdam, Prussia, Germany
Allegiance	German Empire  Germany
Service / branch	Imperial German Navy  Reichsmarine
Service years	1885–1920
Rank	Admiral
Commands	SMS Loreley SMS Yorck SMS Derfflinger IV Scouting Group II Scouting Group I Scouting Group High Seas Fleet
Battles	World War I Battle of Dogger Bank Battle of Jutland Second Battle of Heligoland Bight Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow

Hans Hermann Ludwig von Reuter (9 February 1869 – 18 December 1943) was a German admiral who commanded the High Seas Fleet when it was interned at Scapa Flow in the north of Scotland at the end of World War I. On 21 June 1919 he ordered the scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow to prevent the UK from seizing the ships.