The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-03-22
BIG HUN LOSS IN
JUTLAND BATTLE
Own Official Report Gives 3,076
Casualties and Many
Ships Wrecked.
TORPEDO CREW PENNED IN
Cut OFF by Wreckage From Exit TIL
Vessel Was in Dry Dock-Ciearly
Established Germans Had
Superior Force.

| London.-There Is no reason tt
doubt the substantial accuracy Of the
German official account Of the losses
suffered by the German feet in the
Jutland naval battle May 81, 1916, II
Is learned officially by Reuters. The
German figures published June To
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,O76.
Official details of damage done to
individual vessels follow:
Battleship Koenig, struck about fif-
teen times and badly damaged. Ship
went down by the head until her fore
castle was only 61A 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 % Shells.
Cruiser Seydlitz, hit by % shells
and one torpedo from a British de-
stroyer 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-
ton, but she was afterward refloated
and repaired. She suffered heavy cas-
ualties.
Battleship Grosser Kurfuerst, dam
aged by torpedo and four heavy
shells. Engines were damaged.
Battleship Oldenburg, hit by shell
from destroyer which killed IL and
wounded about 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 Schleswig- Holstein, SO
badly damaged that the repair work
necessary required several weeks.
Battle cruiser Luetzow, sustained |
at least forty direct hits from British |
,unf1re, which did enormous damage, |
md was also twice torpedoed.
400 Casualties on One Ship.
Her casualties are variously given
ls'being from 400 to nearly 900.
Battle cruiser Derflinger, so badly I
damaged that she had to be recon-
'tructed.
Cruiser Moltke, hit by three large
'hells and was under repairs until Au-
Just.
Cruiser Won der Tam, one turret
put out of action and an
Their virtually useless.
Light cruiser Elbing so badly DAM
ged that she was scuttled.
Light cruiser RostOck, after being
amaged by gunfire, was blown up by
er crew to prevent capture.
Light cruiser Wiesbaden, reduced to
complete wreck by gunfire and was
nally torpedoed. There was only one
1rvivOr of her crew.
Light cruiser Frauenlob, set on fire
nd wrecked by gunf1re and was torpe-
oed and sunk. Only eight men of
er crew survived.
Five destrOyers are known to have
zen sunk, while others had to be
wed into port.
A complete record of the British
'rces engaged in the battle shows "a
s battle cruisers, IS
'uisers, Is light cruisers and 7S de-
rogers. The German force included
! battleships, 16 cruisers, II destroy
s. It is clearly established, however
lat of the ships which actually came
to action the preponderance of force