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Description: | British range finder served aboard HMS New Zealand, Battle Cruiser Fleet in North Sea, 1914-1916
REEL 1 Recollections of service as range finder aboard HMS New Zealand with Battle Cruiser Fleet, 1914-1916: operations during Battle of Heligoland, 28/8/1914 including effect of fire concentrated on Koln, story of close escape from German shell from position operating rangefinder, re-opening fire after some Germans opened fire after surrender and debriefing; visit by Prince Louis of Battenburg; operations during Battle of Jutland, 31/5/1916 including first view of German fleet, move into action, view of sinking of HMS Queen Mary, hit on after turret, view of HMS Warspite turning in circles and situation on arrival of Grand Fleet; question of situation during German attempt to reach Hartlepool, 1917; re-opening fire on Koln after some Germans opened fire after surrender at Battle of Heligoland, 28/8/1914; view of sinking of Blucher during Battle of Dogger Bank, 24/1/1915; reaction to sinking of HMS Indomitable at Battle of Jutland, 31/5/1916. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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