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Description: | New Zealand midshipman served aboard HMS Warspite during Battle of Jutland, 31/May/1916; officer served with Dover Patrol in English Channel and with Royal Naval Submarine Service, 1917-1918
REEL1: Aspects of operations as midshipman aboard HMS Warspite during Battle of Jutland, 31/May/1916: composition of 5th Battle Sqdn; sailed to Rosyth; description of engagement at May Island and sinking of U-boat; weather conditions; speed; posted to action station in transmitting station; duties in plotting bearings for guns; range of guns and targets; description of Warspite being hit by shells and conditions in transmission station; problem of loss of power and flooding; damage to ship; memory of meeting Capt Phillpotts on bridge; returned to Rosyth; reason for hostile reception on return ; nature of damage to ship. Aspects of operations as officer with Dover Patrol in English Channel, 1917- 1918: joined P.11; opinion of boat; description of role in hunting U- boats; armaments on P.11. Aspects of operations as officer with Royal Naval Submarine Service, 1918: training at HMS Titania; opinion of submarine G2 and armaments; story of problem firing recognition signal; description of engagement with U-boat; story of sinking German ship at night; question of rescuing survivors and blood money. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Hill, Roger | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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