List of Enemy Vessels sunk

SINKING OF ENEMY SHIPS
Enclosure No. 4 in H.F. Letter No. 1396, dated 18th June 1916.

Battleships or Battle Cruisers
6.50 P.M. 31 May '16 1 Battleship of KONIG class. - CERTAIN Chief Witness Mate Arthur G. Boyce, BENBOW Station G.C.T.—8 power glasses. At 6.40 p.m., 3 KÖNIGS then being in sight the second "KONIG" was seen to be heavily hit, then to turn 16 points to starboard, the original third ship passing her. He saw this ship settle by the stern, his attention being called to the angle her mainmast was making to the horizon. Witness then gave a very good description of a ship sink- ing first by the stern and then capsizing to port, a large amount of smoke and steam coming from foremost funnel. (When last seen she had not actually disappeared.) Confirmed by 6.33 p.m., report of THUNDERER, (ship) in this case designated as a KAISER. Hit by THUNDERER very heavily. Ship ablaze fore and aft. Talks of two ships overlapping each other, CERTAIN - Copy of THUNDERER's report :— Two KAISER class were now overlapping each other. Fire was opened, 2nd salvo seen to hit, ditto 3rd. Enemy was blazing for whole length of quarter deck. Enemy firing salvoes at first came down to slow fire with one turret.

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6.50p.m. (approx.) 1 enemy ship in line blown up. - CERTAIN Lieutenant-Commander George B. Hartford, MARNE. An enemy ship of the line was seen to blow up at 6 50 p.m., (20 minutes after INVINCIBLE blew up). Flame was of a purple colour, otherwise explosion was similar to INVINCIBLE. He had no doubt whatever that ship sank Confirmed by Lieutenant Charles C. D. Lees, MORNING STAR, and Sub-Lieutenant Francis D. Butt, MAGIC Also by report from BARHAM. Probably all above are the same ship. 7.30 p.m. 31 May '16 1 enemy Battleship or Battle cruiser - PROBABLE At 7.10, MARLBOROUGH opened fire on a ship of KONIG class of three, and fired 14 salvos. Distinct, hits were seen. At 7.19, ship turned out of the line very low in the water aft and sinking and object was shifted to the left hand ship. Mr. Charles Trenchard, Boatswain, COLOSSUS 1 enemy Battle Cruiser. - PROBABLE  This Officer was in torpedo control tower and was watching action carefully. At 7.36 p.m. he saw the second Battle Cruiser, apparently " DERFFLINGER " from silhouette, on fire after being hit by a salvo. Water came up to quarter deck, then over funnels, and he saw the water close over her. The after turret was the last to fire. Confirmed by Lieutenant Douglas G. W. Curry, SUPERB. BENBOW confirms this to a certain extent by talking of a ship with two masts and two funnels showing above water at 7.35 p.m. Also reported by 2nd Battle Squadron, rear division. 7.20 p.m. 31May. 1 enemy ship. MALAYA. One enemy ship very low in the water dropped astern and, according to two Officers, she suddenly disappeared without an explosion. The three foregoing reports possibly all refer to the same ship. 0.15 a.m. 1 June. 1 ship of "DEUTSCHLAND" class - CERTAIN At midnight, GARLAND in company with ARDENT, FORTUNE and AMBUSCADE sighted a line of German Battleships on starboard bow. Leading Battleship (one of DEUTSCHLAND class) opened fire. GARLAND turned to port and fired a torpedo at this ship. Range about 800 yards. Torpedo hit and was

DESTROYERS
== SUBMARINES = J. R. Jellicoe, ADMIRAL. 19th June, 1916.

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