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Description: | British seaman served aboard HMS Nottingham in North Sea 1914-1916 including goodwill visit to Kiel, Germany 7/1914
REEL 1 Recollections of serving aboard HMS Nottingham, 2nd Light Cruiser Sqdn, Battlecruiser Fleet based at Rosyth and operating in North Sea, 1914-1918: operations during Battle of Jutland, 31/5/1916, including evading German shellfire and view of HMS Warspite circling under heavy German fire; pre-war goodwill visit and fraternisation with German crew of Mainz at Kiel, Germany, 6/1914; war station; sinking of Mainz at Battle of Heligoland, 28/8/1914; review of operations and patrolling in North Sea, 1914-1915; story of rendezvous and escorting British submarine in rough weather; operations during Battle of Jutland, 31/5/1916, including role as rammer with gun crew of 6" gun; engagement between British and German battlecruisers; role scouting ahead on arrival of German High Seas Fleet; opening fire on HSF to draw their fire; night engagement and subsequent sinking of Rostock, ca 10.20. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Bulgin, Charles | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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