According to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, all four "Helgoland"-class battleships were disarmed and surrendered as prizes of war to the Allies as replacements for the ships scuttled in Scapa Flow. On 21–22 November 1918, "Helgoland" steamed to Harwich to retrieve the crews of U-boats that had been surrendered there. She was then removed from active service on 16 December 1918. "Helgoland" and her sisters were stricken from the German navy on 5 November 1919. "Helgoland" was formally handed over to the United Kingdom on 5 August 1920. She was scrapped at Morecambe; work began on 3 March 1921. "Helgoland"s coat of arms is currently preserved in the Military History Museum of the Bundeswehr in Dresden.