Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1919-05-22
BIC HUN LOSS IN
JU1LAND BATTLE
Own Official Report Gives 3,O76
Casualties and Many
Ships Wrecked.
TORPEDO CREW PENNED IN
Cut off by Wreckage From Exit Till
Vessel Was in Dry Dock-Ciearly
Established Germans Had
Superior Force.


London.-There is no reason to
doubt the substantial accuracy of the
German official account Of the losses
suffered by the German fleet IN the
Jutland naval battle May 81, 1916, it
is learned officially by Reuters. The
German figures published June 10,
1916, showed that the casualties TO the
fleets personnel were: officers, killed
or missing, 172; wounded Al; other
ratings, killed or missing, 2,414;
wounded, 449 Total, 3,076.
Official details of damage done to
individual vessels follow:
Battleshlp Koenig, struck about fif-
teen times and badly damaged Ship
went down by the head until her fore
castle was only 612 feet above water.
The crew of the forward torpedo tube
was imprisoned until the ship was
placed in dry dock June 5. -Four fires
were started on the ship and Admiral
Hehnke was wounded in the head. The
casualties were heavy.
Hit by 20 Shells.
Cruiser Seydlitz, hit by % shells
and one torpedo from a British de-
str0yer. Her forecastle was riddled
and her fore turret was put out of ac-
ton. The entire crew of the turret
and magazine were killed with the ex-
ceptiOn of three or four men. The
ship was beached in a sinking condi-
hltt shn &c a,.1
and repaired. She suffered heavy Gas
ualties.
Battleship Grosser Kurfuerst, dam
aged by torpedo and four heavy
shells. Engines were damaged
Battleship Oldenburg, hit by a shell
from destroyer which killed IL and
wounded about a dozen, mostly officers
on the bridge
Battleship Ostfriesland, struck mine
which tore large hole in her starboard
side. She was assisted into port by
salvage vessels
Battleship Schlesien, slightly dam
aged.
Battleship Schlesvig- Holstein, so
badly damaged thar the repair work
necessary required several weeks.
Battle cruiser Luetzow, sustained
at least forty direct hits from British
gunfire, which did enormous damage,
and was also twice torpedoed.
400 Casualties on One Ship.
Her casualties are variously given
as being from 400 to nearly 600.
Battle cruiser Derflinger, so badly
damaged that she had to be recon.
structed.
Cruiser Moltke, hit by three large
shells and was under repairs until Au-
gust.
Cruiser Won der Tam. one turret
completely put out of action and an
other virtually useless.
Light cruiser Elbing so badly dam
aged that she was scuttled.
Light cruiser Rostock, after being
damaged by gunfre, was blown I'D by
her crew to prevent capture.
Light cruiser Wiesbaden, reduced to
q complete wreck by gunfre and was
hnally torpedoed There was only one
of her crew.
Light cruiser Frauenlob, set on fire
and wrecked by gunfire and was torpe-
doed and sunk. Only eight men of
her crew survived.
FIVE destroyers are known to have
been sunk, while others had to be
towed into port.
A complete record of the British
FORCES engaged in the battle shows "a
8 battle cruisers, IS
is light cruisers and 78 de-
stroyers. The German force included
Il battleships, is cruisers. II DESTROY
erS' II Is clearly established, however,
mat OF the ships which actually came
INTO action the preponderance of force
was held by the Germans.