The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-22
OFFICIAL GERMAN
JUTLAND FIGURES
SHOW BIG LOSSES

LONDON, Feb. 22-There Is no rea-
son to doubt the substantial accuracy
Of the German official account Of the
losses suffered by the herman fleet In
the Jutland naval battle May 81, 1916,
il is learned officially by Reuters, am
tied. The German figures published
June IS, 1916. showed nat tue casual
ties to the fleets personnel were: on
GERS killed or misSinf. 172; wounded, ~
other ratings, killed or missing, 2,4l4i
wounded. 449 Total, S,o76.
Official details of damage done TO
vessels follow in part:
Battleship Koenig, struck about Ia
times and badly damaged. Ship went
down by the head until her f~Orecastle
was only six and a half feet above
water. The crew of the forward tor
pedo tube was imprisoned until the ship
was placed in dry dock June 5. The
casualties on board were heavy.
Cruiser Seydlitz, hit by Is shells and
one torpedo from a British destroyer.
The entire crew of the turret and mag
azine was killed, with the exception
Of three or four men. The ship was
beached in a sinking condition, but
was afterward refloated n repaired
She suffered many casualties.
Battleship Grosser kurfuerst, dam.
aged by a torpedo and four heavy
shells. Engines were damaged.
Battleship Markgraf, badly damaged
a torpedo having struck her.
Battleship Oldenburg, hit by a shell
from destroyer. which killed IL anC
wounded about a dozen, mostly off
GERS on the bridge.
Battleship Ostfriesland. struck mine
which tore large hole in her starboarC
side. She was assisted into port b!
salVaging vessels.
Battleship Schleisen, injured In a col
lision when she attempted to avoid tn,
torpedoed Pommerin.
Battleship Schleswig- Holstein, 81
badly damaged that the repair worl
required several weeks.
Battle cruiser Luetzow sustained a
least 40 direct hits from British gun
fire, which did m damage, an,
also was twice torpedoed in evening
battle. She was abandoned the mex
morning and SUM by two German tor
pedoes. Her casualties are Variousl
given as being from 400 to nearly 6Ol
Battleship Derfflnger. so badly dam
aged that she had to be reconstructed
q large quantity of armor and gun
from the unfinished Hindenburg bein
used for that purpose.
Cruiser Moltke, hit by three Iarg
shells, under repairs until August.
Cruiser Won der Tam, two turret
put out OF action.
NoHt NiNiSNA iibiibS W bduly udIll
aged that she was scuttled to proven
her falling into the hands Of tn
British.
Light cruiser Rostock, after bein
damaged by gunfire, was blown IL
by her crew to prevent capture.
Light cruiser Wiesbaden, reduced t
complete wreck by gunrlre and wa
finally torpedoed. There was only on
survivor OF her crew.
Light cruiser Frauenlob. set on fir
and wrecked by gunflre and was ais
twice ~torpedoed and sunk. Only eigt
men or her crew survived.
Five destroyers are known to hay
been sunk, while others had to
towed into port.
A complete roster of the BIRTHS
forces in the battle shows "a dread
thoughts, eight battle cruisers, IS cruis
ers. Is light cruisers and rs destroy
ers., The German force included 81 bal
tleships, 16 cruisers, n destroyers,
Is clearly established, however, that |
the ships which actually came into a(
tlon the preponderance of force wa
held by the Germans.