Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-28
GERMAN LOSSES SEVERE
IN JUTLAND SEA BATTLE
Killed Ama Missing Exceeded 9, 900
with Loss TAan s0e Woanded
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There III no reason 10 doubt the nuhs
atantiai accuracy of the German one
iAl account Of the losses suffered BY
the German fleet 10 the Jutiand naval
battle. May 81. 1916. The German
Hguras published june IS. 1916. show
"a that the casualties to the fiaet's per
sonnet were: Oticers. killed or niss-
ing. III: wounded. III: other ratings.
killed or missing. 2.4i4T wounded, 40.
Total. S,076.
0facial details Of damage done 10
Individual vessels follow
Battleship Koenig struck about Is
times and badly damaged Ship went
down by the head until her foPecastIa
was only SIX an 4 half feet above
water The crew Of the forward tor
pedo tube was Imprisoned until the
ship was placed iii drydock. June 81
-Four fires were started ON the ship,
and Admiral Hehnke was wounded III
the head The casualties on board
we're heavy,
Cruiser seydlitx. hit by 2S shells.
one torpedo from british destroyer
Her forecastls was riddled and her
fore turret was put our az action. The
entire crew of the turFet and maya
Zine was killed. with the exception uf
three or four men. The ship vas
bsached ID sinking condition. but was
afterward reioated and repaired. she
suffered heavy casualties.
Battleshlp Qroaser KuTfuerst, darh-
aged by torpedo and four heavy
shells. Engines we're damaged
Torpedo Did For aarkgraf
Bat.leship Markgraf BADLY damaged,
/ torpedo having struck her
Battleship oldenburg. hit by shell
rom destroyer. which killed II and
wounded about dozen, mostly ofiicerB
on the bridge.
BattIeship Ostfriesland struck mIna
which tore large hole ID her starboard
,ide. She was assisted into port BY
aiyaglng vessels
Battlsship scaaiesien, slightly dam
ged By spIInters and injured In 4 col
ision which occurred when she a.
empted to avoid the torpedoed Pom
mern.
Rattleship Schleswig fzolstein, 10
ladIy damaged that the repair work
Necessary required several weeks.
Battle cruiser Lueltsow. sustained
Il least 40 direct hlts from British
yunllre, which did enormous DANA Sc.
md was also twice torpedoed iii eyen-
ne battls She was abandoned the
next morning and sunk by two Ger
man torpedoes Her casualties are
yariously given as being from 100 10
nearly 500
Battle cruiser Deniinger. 90 badly
damaged that ahe had to be recon
structed, d large quantity Os arrnor
and guns from the unfinished linden
burg being used for that purpose
Cruiser Moikke, hit BY three large
shells and was under repairs Until
August
Cruiser Won der Tam. one turret
completely put out Of action and an
bther virtually useless.
Blown up d Prevent CaptuRs
Light cruiser Elhing. Ko badly dam
aged that she was scuttled 10 prevent
her falling into the hands OF the Brit
lsh.
Light cruiser Rostock. after being
damaged BY gunfre. was blown up by
ner crew 10 prevent capture
Light cruiser Wiesbadef, reduced
I'd complete wreck BY gnnfFe and
finally toFpedOed There vas ONLY one
survivor Of her crew.
Light cruiser Fraueniob, set on ira
and wrecked BY gunfIre and was tor
pedOed and sank Only eight men of
her crew survived.
Five destr0yeTg are known TO have
been sunk while others had to be
lowed into port
Il complete record Of the British
iOrces engaged II the battis shows es
dreadnoughts, eight battle cruisers,
% cruisers, le Hight cruisers and rs
destsoyegs. The German force M
Guided Vi battieships, III cruisers. N
destroyera, IL IL clearly established,
however, that 81 the ships which ae-
snRiIy came into action the prop0nder-
ance oE force was held ~ the Ger
mans