Probably the French light cruiser Marseillaise during the scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon. Anxious that the Germans should not capture his ship, the captain of the Marseillaise ordered scuttling charges to be set and the sea valves opened on one side. The ship slowly capsized as German soldiers watched from the docks. Explosions eventually ripped the vessel apart and fires took hold as the last French seamen abandoned ship. The ship’s officers were taken prisoner. The ship burned for seven days.
