£350
Battle of Jutland. A WWI period midshipman's log book for the Royal Navy Town-class cruiser HMS 'Southampton', kept by Charles John Barton November 1914 to July 1916, manuscript entries including a five and a half page first hand account of the Battle of Jutland beginning May 31st , 1916 detailing action, damage and casualties. *Notes- Launched in 1912 HMS 'Southampton' saw extensive wartime action, taking part in the Battle of Heliogoland Bight and the Battle of Dogger Bank. At the Battle of Jutland she was the flagship of the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron and torpedoed the German light cruiser SMS 'Frauenlob'. In his account Barton remarks '.. as soon as they saw we were flagship they let us have it, it only lasted 3 1/2 minutes, we had something about 20 killed outright and a lot mortally wounded...'
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