The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-01-25

for hone rateru. and r. vas only aftsr
. stern chase hat thu tEstsr British
ships GOT within range o. them F0r
more han four hour the running bat
lie lasted. the nrinE being pls liy
heard N North HOLLAND where Do uas
Judged the hEht took place on IN.
islands % Ameland and schlermonnik
Dog
BiUeeher Eel Behind.
The Bluecher. which vas slower
than the other German cruiser. fell
behind and succum bed TO the heavie-
guns % the Lion. which was Ieadinz
the British squadron. The other Ger
man ships got within the mine an.
submarine area. two Of them in a
badly DANA ged condition. and Il vas
dangerous for the biz British battle
cruisers 10 follow
Tire fact that only eleven men were
wounded aboard the Lion. indicates
that the British casualties we're light
II - possible that more Of the Blue
cher's crew were picked up BY the
British destroyers
All the vessels named by the British
official press bureau as having taken
part In the naval engagement except
the Bluecher are battle cruisers. All
: heavily armed and capable % great
speed
The Bluecher. which was sunk. was
an armored cruiser $50 feet iong ana
displaced 1850 tons Her compile
ment was SIS Officers and men. sne
was built az Kiel In 1908 at a cost OF
S6.500.00O. Her speed was little
more than 20 knots an hour.
The Bluecher carried twelve So
inch. eight . inch guns and sixteen p
FOUNDERS. She also was equipped
with three torpedo tubes
The Deriinger is a $4,000 ton ship
which was completed July "a OF last
year. She Is armed with eight II
inch and twelve inch guns and
twelve 20 Founders and has in add
ton Ave torpedo tubes. There r. no
record available OF her speed.
Smaller Vessel.
The Seydlitz IL somewhat smaller
han the Derninger. her displacement
being $4,000 tons. She carries ten
IL inch guns. twelve six inch guns.
twelve "a Founders and four u
FOUNDER anti-aerial guns She has
four torpedo tubes. She also is a new
boat. having been completed in May
1913. Her speed Is about 20 knots. al .
though in her time trials she made
20 knots
The Moltke is a $4,000 ton boat and
has speed OF about p knots. She
Is a sister ship to the famous cruiser
Goeben which once belonged to Ger
many but which now flies the Turkish
nag, The Moltke has the same gun
power as the Seydlitz. except that she
Is not equipped with anti-aerial rifles.
Sister Ships.
The Lion. which was in the van OF
| the fighting. and the Princess ROYAL
are sister ships OF 3O.4l5 tons and
each carries a complement OF 900 of.
ficers and men. They are $50 feet
long and have a speed OF about TWEEN
ty-eight knots. although in their time
trials the Lion bettered thirty-one
I knots and the Princess ROYAL thirty
two. The vessels are armed with
eight l3.5-inch guns and sixteen 4.
inch guns and three torpedo tubes.
The Lon was built in 1910 and the
Princess Royal the following year.
II was reported az the time that
the Lion war in the naval engagement
on the Falkland islands in which a
| British squadron. under Rear Admiral
| Sir Frederick Sturdee, sank the Ger.
man cruisers Scharnhorst. Gneisenau.
| Nurnberg and Leipzig.
The Tiger Is a 27.0OO ton ship and
was built in 1913. Her armament.
however. is the same as that OF the
Lion and Princess Royal Available
naval records do not give her speed
but that Of her sister ship. the Queen
/ Mary. is recorded as thirty-three
| knots
Twenty-siS Knot Ship.
/ The New Zealand is a twenty-six
knot ship OF 1880 tons. She was
built in 1911 and is armed with eight
I Finch and sixteen 4-inch guns and
/ three torpedo tubes
A trifle lighter in tonnage but
carrying the same armament as the
I New Zealand is the Indomitable
which was built in 1907. and has u
speed Of twenty-eiGht knots
/ Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty. who
was in command OF the British forces
/ in this fight. also commanded the
same battle cruiser squadron in the
. engagement off Helgoland Blight Aug
ust p last. in which three German
/ light cruisers and two German tor.
| pedo boat destroyers were sunk. The
cruisers were the Mainz. Ariadne and
| Koeln.