THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND.
AN OUTSTASCDING DEFECT. UNPROTECTED MAGAZINES. CHARGE BY A VICE-ADMIRAL. GRAVE AND COSTLY "BLUNDER" By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received 8.30 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON, Jan. 8. A further contribution to the controversy regarding the battle of Jutland has been made by Vice-Admiral B. M. Chambers. He ■ writes in the Daily Express as follows :—" It is universally conceded that in the battle of Jutland our fleet, as regards shells, mines, torpedoes and range-findors, was inferior to the Germans'. 4 The most outstanding defect, which caused the loss of many ships at Jutland, was the lack of a contrivance to isolate the magazines from the result of fire in gun positions. " It was this, rather .than the superior German shooting, which prevented Jutland being a complete British success, thus prolonging the war and costing the country hundreds of millions sterling and tens of thousands of lives. " As far as the Navy knows, nobody was brought to book for this grave blunder by the construction department, who only protected the magazines after the battle of Jutland."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19221, 9 January 1926, Page 9
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177THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19221, 9 January 1926, Page 9
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