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Description: | British gunnery officer served aboard HMS Warspite based at Rosyth; GB and in North Sea, 1915-1916 including Battle of Jutland, 31/5/1916
REEL 1 Recollections of period as gunnery officer aboard HMS Warspite based at Rosyth and operating in North Sea, 1915-1916: opinion of Beatty and Jellicoe; view of damage to Warspite during interval in Battle of Jutland, 31/5/1916; submarine lookouts and making makeshift rafts during voyage back to Rosyth without escort, 1/6/1916; view of damage to Warspite during interval in Battle of Jutland, 31/5/1916; opinion of Jellicoe; reactions on joining Warspite, 15/4/1915. Recollections of Battle of Jutland, 31/5/1916: voyage out with Battle Cruiser Fleet; commencement of action; action station in B turret; loading 15" guns; methods of escape and isolated situation in turret; firing and reloading guns; state of morale; firing and reloading guns; coming under heavy German fire whilst circling through jammed rudder; retirment after clearance of rudder. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Hazelwood, J J | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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