IIRC 800-plus crew were killed, including the captain. Escorts rescued the admiral on board and a few hundred officers and men. It's always been a bit surprising to me that the ship sank so fast and then exploded. She was a WWI battleship but I thought she was much better protected than, say, the "Hood" and the capital ships lost at Jutland. I guess even the best armored WWI ships just didn't have enough armor, or maybe the design neglected underwater protection.
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