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Jutland was the third fleet action between steel battleships, following the Battle of the Yellow Sea in 1904 [123] [124] and the Battle of Tsushima in 1905, [125] during the Russo-Japanese War. At Jutland, the Germans, with a 99-strong fleet, sank 115,000 long tons (117,000 t) of British ships, while a 151-strong British fleet sank 62,000 long ...
It is stated that during the First World War, Frazer served as chief petty officer in the Royal Navy, and was a cook on board the HMS Defiant (a fictional warship) during the Battle of Jutland. [1] [6] A fine marksman, he served as a member of the crew of a minesweeper, being responsible for shooting mines with a rifle from the ship. [8]
Nestor took part in an attack upon the German battlecruiser squadron commanded by Admiral Franz von Hipper, which was engaged by the British battlecruiser squadron under Admiral David Beatty at the start of the battle of Jutland. Twelve destroyers were despatched to approach the line of German battlecruisers and attack with torpedoes.
Commissioned into service in the Royal Navy on 15 May 1915, Comus was assigned to the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron in the Grand Fleet.She and the destroyer HMS Munster sank the Imperial German Navy merchant raider Greif in the North Sea on 29 February 1916, and she fought in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May-1 June 1916 [4] under the command of Captain Alan Hotham.
During the Battle of Jutland, Shark was one of four destroyers from the 4th Flotilla assigned to cover the 3rd Battlecruiser Squadron. [21] During the battle, at around 6 pm, Shark led an unsuccessful torpedo attack by the four destroyers on the German 2nd Scouting Group, with Shark firing two torpedoes.
The Faulknor-class flotilla leader (a larger destroyer) Tipperary was sunk on the night of 31 May–1 June taking 150 crew and flotilla captain John Wintour Acasta-class destroyer Spitfire after having been rammed by the German battleship Nassau during the Battle of Jutland Faulknor-class flotilla leader Broke at speed Destroyer Ambuscade C ...
During the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916, she was on the unengaged side of the fleet and did not fire her 9.2 or 7.5-inch guns at all during the battle. [8] The ship spent several days after the battle searching for survivors from her sister Defence and other sunken ships. Before the end of the war the 12-pounder AA gun mounted on the aft ...
At the Battle of Jutland, she was the flagship of the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron under Commodore E.S. Alexander-Sinclair. She was the first ship to report the presence of German ships, triggering the battle. Galatea was also the first to receive a hit by the German light cruiser SMS Elbing, but no explosion occurred.