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On board a destroyer travelling better than twenty knots, I have just spec a morning pussing up and down laws upon stuna up and ready to rush to see a few
inutes after an order is given."
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An engineer officer pointed cut what in describing even vaguely such au had happened on cirtain vamals, making important operation as pusting to clear the story told by what seomed to a would attract the Admiralty blue pencil.landanna meželyjunk. pils, with the I have been "specifically warned not to enthusiasm of a professor lecturing to his describe the marvelous anti-submarine class. defances I saw, which render the great Shaft tre," he said, “ doem's hurt. tills lying as anchor inside them modern battle hip permanently, pro absolutely sais against would be boat wiled her he well and truly buils, unless intruders, and yet cause not the slightest it sinks her. That is a fact that could inconvenience or delay for a minute the not be known until this war, because the goings and comings, by day and night, latest type of ships had never been upon and beneath the water, of hundreds knocked about before by the latest ind caidot His Majesty's ship of war and of shells. But our Jutland experience. I think, proves the point, and we think it auxillaries.
is a great tribute to our British abip builders. There was always a school of naval opinion that held that a ship would' be so shaker and strained by the impact of heary shells that even alter repairs had been effected the ship would not be good for much." That sclbol will have to read its sails in view of the 00: battle repeated ord to which cruisers have ceen subjected."
Jan. 71 the afternoon, thanks to the kindness
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in the Jutland Bight and, her officers say. Mar, 11
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The name of this wonder ship, is unknown to the public, and does not appear in Admiral Jelliere's report of the battle,
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Ou leaving, I expressed to the Admiral who did the honours my regret at not being permitted to tell what I had seen abroad his reweh. He smiled, and said: Just tell the Americans she is some hip. She i
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As a climax to a day of wonders, I gazed into great chasms of concrete which looked for all the world like cuttings of the Pasuma Canal before the water was turned in.
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Nier bathtub for a school of whales, what? said a "proud engineer ofcor. Largest docks in the world. Hold any thing affat, and anything that will float in cur fine. All built since the war
Several of these sups, docks are already finished; others are building, A great super-dreadnought rested in one ** soug
MIGHTY WARSPITE IN LINE AGAIN.
If there is one ship shows others which the Germans are sure they sank of Jutland Blank, it is the mighty Warspite, with her great speed and eight fleca-lach guns; indeed a grevious loss to the wyal navy.
They claimed her officially in their first bulletins of the Aght, they have claimed her ever since in every otheial It and unofficial account of the battle. needs no Sherlock Holmes to infer that the writer, being a neutral correspondent, whs afforded a particularly good view of the Warspite, very much alive and lying in her place in the battle hne.
The destroyer circled slowly about the Warspite, cable's length away. Clad in a fresh coat of paint, she looked like a new ship. There was no evidence at first glance that she had ever been in
netion.
It was unbelievable, far I know from first hand parratives what a terrific gruelling she took when the steering gear broke down and she drifted about help. bossly under the fire of all the leading German dreadnoughts. Her Captain had told the American correspondeaty in Iodou, that for five minutes he could see no other ships through the walls of water thrown up by German shells about her.
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• FIRST FLAG OFFICER TO TALK." As has been sait, I was shown, over one of Jellicoe's newest super-dreadnoughts, and old to describe nothing of what I sun, and not to name the hip; I was also received by the Admiral whose fag. ship the new vessel is, and told not to give his name. conclusions about the Battle of Jutland may be of interest Tven if given anony nously, since no Interview has been published with any man of dag rank who took part in the greatest fight in all navo} history.
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"It is widely said." I remarked, “that. Invisible to friends and enemies alike, hot only the German observers but event after the hammering you gave the German many English Captain, believed the fleet it cannot possibly come out for very Warspite had sunk until she re-appeared.thany months. Does not the speed with which you repaired" your ship indicate that the Sermonas, too, may patch theirs up and be ready for another try in short time?
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be an oyster'in its shell--a smallish Commander of the destroyer and trained in shell several stires too big. The is on the sides of the rejuvenated ship, super-dreadnought, one of the new ones. Then could see where new plates and was; I suppose, about as big as the been affixed. Then, especially movs American Pennsylvania. The building of have been severaly smashed, and there these docks in less that two years really were other evidences of repair. All this borders upon the miraculous, like the was deno in less than five week after
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The claim is made by the officers who have these repairs in charge that a ship no matter how badly damaged, can be made as good as new if the can keep seat outil she gets into drydock
By a curious irony, as I was inspecting Great credit is due the engineers: still the Warpite I could see two other great greater the workmen, who broke all kinds ships, battle cruisers these, which appear of records, because they knew what in a semi-official German list of the might bang upon their work. The world's navies shown me on a cruiser, as possible consequences if large numberpunk in bettle:
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You think the German-feet suffered of Arst line ships being put out of. They were the Tiger and the Princess more than your own?" I asked. nction and no docks ready, bir enough Royal of Vice-Admiral Beatty's · fast "Of course it did," he replied gray. to handle them sit at one peed not be divisko The destroyer moved on, and I do not care to go into the question dwell upon. That danger now is passed. we adon saw these ships at short range. cf how many German skips were sunk.
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The German claim that the Princess That is dealt with in the official reports During the destroyer trip. among the Royal was snak of Jutland is put forward which you have road as fully as is now scores of Aglifing ships my interest was in a rather hall-hearted way which desirable, and the difficulties of the concentrated upon those which did the indicates that they themselves are rather question are obvious. There was the poor bulk of the work and suffered propor-doubtful about it, and the justification visibility, the great range, the chance of tionately of Jotland Bank It so for having sunk the Princess Royal, on several captaice reporting the same happened that most of these ships which paper, seems wreaker than in the case of incident in slightly different forma sa scen bore the braat were here at the moment. the Warspite, for the former ship was from different angies, and finally the I was told that since the battle no neutral" ecarcely damaged at all. As for the night, when much happened that has not eye had, tested upon any of them; Indeed, Tiger, the new platen she bears aro been cleared up. All these things were at no time since the war began havo theee souvenirs: not. of Jatland. where the ooulusing. I believe, and we all believe regions been exactly frequented by tour escaped fightly but of the battle of ing neutrals, despite the excellent Dogger Bank iz which the Bluecher was scenery.
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was proof, enough. If they had no bem, evidently believing they were witnessing ship after ship turning out of line and tasir anchorages must have been else the sinking of a British cruiser, and no „burning. How many of them got home where, for the foot as I saw it is arranged doubt reported to that effect. But their what I don't know. But car salvoes: ao-that-all-the ships start simultaneously Germans still persist in their claim after were straddling balf a dozen frst-line and the long lines proceed to sea in battle meeting the Tiger off Jutland, where she vessels for the better pact of half an hour. array in their present order The did her best to convince them of their and every now and then each of them pressure of lama ducks here and there is mistake, z
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How does the set put to see? Ahead battle, but the naming of many ship is forces got into action, with the exception Hongkong, Jano IX, 1116 of At the other hips are mocred docens piscouraged on the theory task the of the Marlborough,
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