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Description: | Ms account (14pp) of the Battle of Jutland (June 1916), as seen by Myers from his action station in the foretop of HMS MONARCH (2nd Battle Squadron, Grand Fleet) and concentrating on those phases in which his ship was engaged, but emphasising that throughout they were severely hampered by the poor visibility. Myers was obviously moved by the destruction of so many British and German warships - the sea on the following day is called 'a gruesome locality' - and he refers to the night action as "an awe-(in)spiring sight". Together with a ms account (9pp), in Myers's writing, of the Battle of Jutland as seen by a friend in a destroyer flotilla of the Battle Cruiser Fleet, giving a straightforward account of the battle, which he considers to have been a British victory although he admits that, after the loss of three of Admiral Beatty's battle cruisers during the initial phase of the action, "things began to look very black for us."
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Catalogue date 1978-06-22 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Myers, J | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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