Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-25

David Beatty. with n destroyer notilla.
under Commodore Tyrwhitt. sighted
four German battle cruisers and sew
eral light cruisers and a number OF
destroyers steering westward and APP
pnren,ly making for the English coast.
"'rhc enemy nj once made for home
at high speed They were at once pur-
sued. and ut about $50 4. NJ. action
was Joined between the battle cruisers
Lion. Princess Royal. New Zealand and
Tndomitablc on the one hand. and tho
DcrfiinRer, Seydlitz. Moltke and Blue
cher on tho other. a well-contested
running fight cnsucd. Shortly after
l O'clock the Blucchcr. which had pre-
viously fallen out of line. capsized and
sank
REACH AREA OF DANGER
FROM GERMAN SUBMARINES
Admiral Beatty reports that two
other battle cruisers were seriously
damaged They were. however. able
to continue their flight. and reached an
area where dangers from German sub
marines ana mines prevented further
pursuit
NO British ships have been lost. and
our casualties in personnel as at pres
ont reported are slight. the Lion, which
lcd the line, having only eleven wound
ed and no killed.
Ono hundred and twentv-t three sur
Nivors have been rescued from the Blue
chcr's crew OF SSh and IL is possible
that others have been saved by some
Of our dcstroyers. No reports of any
DESTROYER or light cruiser fighting have
,et been received mt the admiralty.
IA tai
place
,hcir satisfaction 70 Vice Admiral Sir
David Beatty"
All the other vessels named in the
official report except the Blucchcr are
battle cruisers. all heavily armed and
capable of great speed.
The BlucChcr was an armorcd cruiser
$50 feet long, and displaced la.550 tons.
Her complement was $50 officers and
men. She was built nj Eicl i'll zoos. at
cost OF S6,5o0.0o0. Her speed was a
LITTLE more than twcrty-siX knots an
hour. She was equipped with twelve
S.p-inCh. eight 6-inch guns. sixteen "a
Founders and three torpedo tubes.
The DcrninEcr is 2S.OoO-,on ship.
equipped July |. 1914. She has eight
l2-inch and twelve 6-inch guns ANA
twelve 2i-poundcrs and i've torpedo
tubes. There is no record available of
her speed.
The Seyditz is somewhat smaller
than the DcrflinEcr. her displa cement
being $4,000 tons. She carries ten IL
inch guns. twelve 6-inch guns. twelve
~ -pounders and four li-pound anti
aerial guns. She has four torpedo
tubes She also Is u new boat, having
been completed in May. 1919. Her
speed is about twenty-six knots, al
though " In
knots.
The Moltkc is a 23.ooo-ton boat. and
has a speed Of about twcnty-scven
knots. She Is u sister OF the famous
cruiser Gocben, which once belonged
to Germany, hut which now flies the
Turkish flag, Tho Moltkc has the same
Tuupowcr as the Scydlitz, except that
she is not equipped with antiacrial
rifles.
The Lion and the Princess Royal arc
sister ships of 30.+l5 tons. and each
carries complement of 1000 officers
and men. They are $50 feet long, and
have speed of about twcnty-eight
knots. although in their time trials the
Lion hcttered thirty-one knots and the
Princess Royal thirty-two The YES
sells arc armed with eight l3.5-inch and
sixteen t-inch guns and three torpedo
tubes The Lion was built in 1910, and
tho Princess Royal in 1911.
The Tiger is a 27.OO0-ton ship. and
was huilt III 1913. Her armament is
the same as that OF the Lion and Prin-
cess Royal. Available naval records
do not give her speed That OF her
sister ship the Queen Mary, Is recorded
As thirty-three knots
The New Zealand is n twenty six
Knot ship OF 1880 tons. built in 1911.
and armed with eight l2-inch, sixteen
i-inch guns and three torpedo tubes.
y triHe lighter in tonnage, but carry
ing the same armament as the New
Zealand, j. the Iudom!-ahle, built in
1907. She has speed Of twenty-eisht
knots
vice-Admiral 81 pivfa Beatty, in
command OF the H'it!s.h forces in this
hrht. commanded The same battle crui-
ser squadron IN the engagement off
HclGoland Blight on August q last in
which three German Night cruisers and
two German torpeGo-b boat des,roycrs
were sunk