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FRANCIS HARVEY
“There was a terri c HMS LION (BATTLE CRUISER)
explosion forward… I LAUNCHED: 6 AUGUST 1910
could see nothing for DISPLACEMENT: 26,690 TONS (DESIGN LOAD)
LENGTH: 700FT (213.4M)
about a minute and SPEED: 52KM/H (32MPH; 28 KNOTS)
COMPLEMENT: 1,092 MEN
then all cleared away as ARMAMENT: 4 X 2 – BL 13.5IN MK V GUNS; 16 X 1 – BL 4IN
MK VII GUNS; 2 X 1 – 21IN MK II SUBMERGED TORPEDO
the foremost part of the TUBES
ARMOUR, BARBETTES: 229–203MM (9–8IN), BELT:
ship went under water” 229–102MM (9–4IN)
BULKHEADS: 102MM (4IN); CONNING TOWER: 254MM (10IN);
DECK: 64MM (2.5IN); TURRETS: 229MM (9IN)
Midshipman Peregrine Dearden,
HMS Queen Mary
An artist’s depiction of the Battle
of Jutland captures the chaos and
intense ghting that occurred
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