The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1919-02-22
LOSSES ENORMOUS
IN JUTLAND FIGHT,
GERMANY ADMITS
Total Casualties Officially
Placed at 3,o76-Many
WarshipS Wrecked.

70 hO hetSOn ~ uouol Inc buDbtanJlal
accuracy OF the German official ac
count OF the losses suffered by the
German fleet In the Jutland naval
battle. May 81. 1915. it Is learned
officially by Reuters. The German
figures published June 1s. 1916,
showed that the casualties to the
fleets personnel were: Officers,
killed or missing. 172. wounded. II;
other ratings, killed or missing. 2,414,
wounded. 40. Total. S.o7s.
Official details OF damage done 70
individual vessels follow:
Battieship koenlg. struck about fif-
teen times and badly damaged. Ship
went down by the head until her
forecastle was only six and q half
feet above water. The crew OF the
forward torpedo tube was impris-
oned until the ship was placed in dry
dock on June s. -Four fires were
started on the ship and Admiral
Hehnke was wounded in the head.
The casualties were heavy.
Cruiser Seydlitz, hit by twenty-eight
shells and one torpedo from a British
destroyer. Her rorecastle was riddled
and her fore turret was put out OF
action. The entire crew OF the turret
and magazine was killed. with the ex-
ception OF three or four men. The
ship was beached in a sinking condi-
ton. but she was afterward refiosted
and repaired She suffered heavy cas-
ualtiea
Battleship Grosser Kurfuerst, dam
aged by a torpedo and four heavy
shells. Engines were damaged.
Battleship Markgraf. badly dam
aged, a torpedo having struck her.
Battleship oldenburg. hit by a shell
from destroyer which killed eleven
and wounded about a dozen, mostly
officers on the bridge.
Battieship Ostfr1esland, struck mine
which tore large hole in her star
board side. She was assisted into
port by salvaging vessels.
Battleship Schlesien. slightly dam
aged by splinters and injured in a
collision which occurred when she
attempted to avoid the torpedoed
Pommern.
Battieship schleswig-H -Holstein, so
badly damaged that the repair work
necessary required several weeks.
Battle cruiser Luet1ow, sustained
at least forty direct hits from British
sunf.re. which did enormous damage,
and was also twice torpedoed In
evening after battle. She was aban-
doned the next morning and sunk by
two German torpedoes.
Her casualties are variously given
as being from 400 TO nearly 500.
Battlecruiser Derfiinger. SO badly
damaged that she had to be recon
structed. a large quantity Of armor
and guns from the unfinished Hin
denburg being used for that purpose.
Cruiser Moitke. hit by three large
shells and was under repairs until
August.
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 scuttied to pre-
vent her falling into the hands OF the
British.
Light cruiser Rostock, after being
damaged by gunfire. was blown up
by her crew to prevent capture.
Light cruiser wiesbaden. reduced
to complete wreck by gunfre ant
was finally torpedoed. There wa!
only one survivor OF her crew.
light cruiser Frauenlob, set on fir,
and wrecked by gunfire and was tor
pedoed and sunk. Only eight men o
her crew survived.
Five destroyers are known to hav,
been sunk. while others had to b,
towed into port.
A complete record OF the Britisl
forces engaged in the battle show
twenty four dreadnoushts. eigh
battle c1userA eighteen cruisers
eighteen Light cruisers and seventy
eight destroyers. The German fore
included twenty-one battleships, six
teen cruisers. seventy-seven de
stroyers. 1t is clearly established
however, that OF tho ships whio
actually came into action the pre-
ponderance OF force was held by tn
Germans.