Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-02-23 | Page 17 | Huns Hit for Big Losses in Naval Battle

IS S HIT FOR BIG LOSSES IN NAVAL BAULE BATILE fotland fland Sea a Fight FIb Results in r a 3 Casualties cs s scuttle Sent tie tle e Ships y T Feb 21 There l.-There 21 There Is noon no r to w doubt the tho substantial l on account of official r of the Cc rani et el suffered by tho the Gorman G fleet see val naval battlo May U 31 Jutland the tho Renters Reuters learned officially by tiC Iii It 15 published German erman Ge f fIt flares ares It ed The rhe showed that tho the casual casual- 16 1716 eye une personnel were we the fleets neets t's ts OJ to 11 2 missing or r Killed rt-Killed d pillars pillars- ratings s. s klU killed d or other 41 2414 2115 1 HJ Total Tota l toiL details is ot of e done to In- In 0 ve vessels follow about strUck hl P Koenig k ship and badlY adly damaged led kea n times until her fore fore- head down own b br DJ the onlY L and a a. half haIr feet tie was Admiral Hehnke Behnke was boTe Rat water casualties The hea head wounded In the theo he o If a board were wera heavy I Ij j j and Repaired o hit by twenty eight k t Spedo torpedo from a Br British fish and nd ono one d forecastle was riddled lIer cr ier turret was put out of ot ac- ac and her fore beached In a sink sink- The rhe a ship was afterward re- re Hon but s leg ID repaired Sho Buffered and floated ted casualties hury Kurfuerst dam dam- Grosser t 5 and four tour heavy heaY red d b by a torpedo Engines were damaged g hells t BattleshiP badly damaged having ha struck her torpedo Oldenburg lilt b by Y a a. shell Battleship ir which killed eleven on deaf destroyer roYer rem dozen mostly of- of wounded about a fliers on the bridge n Battleship Ost FriesIan Friesland struck a ae j her hero c hole In largo large tore a which e lne assisted Into She was o side de by br salvaging vessels port i Battleship slightly damby dam- dam colio colS col col- and Injured In a a. d by splinters S occurred when she ath ato at- at io Ion which hi h tempted empted to o avoid old the torpedoed pom- pom erD Direct nUll Hit l cr Cruiser ber Sustains Sustain f Battleship so the repair work badly that b ly damaged required so several eral weeks sustained at Battle cruiser A least leist forty direct hits from British run gun fire which did enormous damage also twice torpedoed In evenIng evenIng evening even- even and ADd Dd was abandoned the then Ing battle She Sho was n next it morning and sunk by two to Gorman German torpedoes Her casualties are variously various various- ly Jy given as being from to nearly nearl 00 COO Battle if-Battle rt- rt Battle Battlo f cruiser so BO badly damaged In ged that she had bad to be recon recon- I J I Cruiser hit by three large until Au- Au hells hells and was under repairs lUSt usG it Cruiser iser Von r oer Tann Tani ono one turret et completely put out of action and another an an- other virtually useless 3 s L Light cr cruiser Elbing so badly damaged dam- dam aged aced ed that sho she was scuttled 7 t Light cruiser Rostock after being damaged by gun fire tire was blown up to prevent pre capture I 1 rr lt- lt One Survivor Sun Ivor of Wiesbaden n t Light cruiser Wiesbaden en reduced to tot toi I t i a complete wreck b by gun fire tire and and was finally torpedoed There was only ono one survivor ur of oC her crew k Light cruiser set on ire fire ind and wrecked b by gun fire and was vas torpedoed torpedoed tor tor- I and sunk Only eight men ofer of oC I Ier ler er er cre crew survived sUr destroyers destroyers destroyers' are known to to have een sunk while others had to beed be he towed owed ed Into port A complete ro roster ter of the tho British forces o In the battle baUl shows 24 4 dreadnoughts dread dread- dreadnoughts noughts oU 8 S battle cruisers IS cruIs cruisers r II light cruisers and 78 destroyers The German erman man force included 21 battleships BS 77 destroyers It Is cearly shed however that of or the ships r hi which C h actually came camo into action the preponderance of or force force- was held b by J th the t Germans J J