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Aktungbby · 04-07-15, 11:53 AM

TNX! Don't know why it's not in the first one! I poured over everything meticulously. @ OP MajorArtNZ: HMS Lion's Q turret blown partially off during the 'Run to the South' potion of the Jutland battle. Beatty's flagship put out of action but not sunk by multiple hits

Hms Lion- heavily damaged.

IMHO: SMS Derffinger is the vessel of interest -(pro-Brit that I am).

Not only did she inflict damage on HMS Lion but sank HMS Queen Mary and HMS Invincible, with help, and she survived considerable damage herself in the process.

During the course of the battle, Derfflinger was hit 17 times by heavy caliber shells including an Elizabeth class Battleship's shell!!! and nine times by secondary guns. Derfflinger fired 385 shells from her main battery, another 235 rounds from her secondary guns, and one torpedo. Her crew suffered 157 men killed and another 26 men wounded; this was the highest casualty rate on any ship not sunk during the battle. Because of her stalwart resistance at Jutland, the British nicknamed her "Iron Dog."[wiki] When you are nicknamed by the Royal Navy... those are battle honors indeed! SMS Derfflinger fires a full broadside

ps: pics enlarge http://forum.worldofwarships.com/index.php?/topic/1053-imperial-germanys-sms-derfflinger/

04-07-15, 11:53 AM	#6
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,058 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Died of a theory: A battlecruiser is no place to be; on either side! TNX! Don't know why it's not in the first one! I poured over everything meticulously. @ OP MajorArtNZ: HMS Lion's Q turret blown partially off during the 'Run to the South' potion of the Jutland battle. Beatty's flagship put out of action but not sunk by multiple hits Hms Lion- heavily damaged.IMHO: SMS Derffinger is the vessel of interest -(pro-Brit that I am). Not only did she inflict damage on HMS Lion but sank HMS Queen Mary and HMS Invincible, with help, and she survived considerable damage herself in the process.During the course of the battle, Derfflinger was hit 17 times by heavy caliber shells including an Elizabeth class Battleship's shell!!! and nine times by secondary guns. Derfflinger fired 385 shells from her main battery, another 235 rounds from her secondary guns, and one torpedo. Her crew suffered 157 men killed and another 26 men wounded; this was the highest casualty rate on any ship not sunk during the battle. Because of her stalwart resistance at Jutland, the British nicknamed her "Iron Dog."[wiki] When you are nicknamed by the Royal Navy... those are battle honors indeed! SMS Derfflinger fires a full broadside ps: pics enlarge http://forum.worldofwarships.com/index.php?/topic/1053-imperial-germanys-sms-derfflinger/ __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!! Last edited by Aktungbby; 04-07-15 at 12:24 PM.