This interpretation stops short of claiming that the Royal Navy ordered or actively assisted the scuttling. It rests on unusually permissive supervision even though British officers knew the German orders and controlled much of the information reaching the interned crews. The possible stance is described as creative negligence: officials would not encourage the act, but they had little reason to prevent an outcome that removed a diplomatic problem. Weak precautions support a case for tolerated risk, not for a British conspiracy.
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Did British inattention make the scuttling easier?
British officials may have tolerated conditions favorable to scuttling because the German ships were easier to manage on the seabed than at the peace table.