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Description: | H.M.S. "QUEEN MARY" H.M.S. "QUEEN MARY" TOOK PART IN THE BATTLE CRUISER ACTION AT THE BEGINNING OF JUTLAND (MAY 31ST 1916) SHE WAS HOTLY ENGAGED BY THE GERMAN BATTLE CRUISERS "DERFFLINGER" AND "SEYDLITZ" AT 15,800 TO 14,500 YARDS. AT 4.26P.M. A SALVO PLUNGED INTO HER, FORWARD. THERE WAS A VERY HEAVY EXPLOSION AND THE SHIP SANK IMMEDIATELY.
Plastic rectangular plaque for the model of the battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary (1912).
CA: BBC. One lifeboat missing.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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