"The Battle of Jutland 31 May 1916" On the horizon the battlecruiser HMS LION, flagship of Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty, can be seen after being hit on 'Q' turret. This was the most serious of thirteen hits by the 12 inch guns of the German battlecruiser LUTZOW and started a fire in "Q" turret which was only prevented from blowing up the magazine by the quick thinking of a mortally wounded Royal Marine who ordered the magazine to be flooded.