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LION OF JUTLAND
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by Stephen Guy, West Derby Society
Guns roared on the battle cruiser as she joined the bombardment of the German Imperial Fleet. HMS Lion was the flagship of the Royal Navy’s Grand Fleet and served with distinction in the First World War. Commissioned in 1912, two years before the outbreak of hostilities, the 26,690-ton leviathan bristled with the latest technology. She was 700 ft long and 88 ft wide. Four massive gun turrets housed two 13-inch guns each, backed up by 18 smaller guns. She also had submerged torpedo tubes. Lion was protected by armour plate up to nine inches thick. She sailed at up to 28 knots (32 mph) and had a range before refuelling of nearly 6,500 miles. About 1, 100 officers and men swarmed over this floating powerhouse. Among them was a young midshipman, 16-year-old Cecil Molyneux
SERVICES LINK Need a gas fitter, electrician, plumber, cleaner etc - one of the youngest officers on board. The Battle of Jutland was the biggest sea battle of the Great War. The Germans opened fire on the afternoon of 31 May 1916 and met with an immediate response from the British. Lion (pictured on a contenporary postcard)
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and HMS Princess Royal were the leading Royal Navy ships. Lion engaged the Kaiser’s battleship Lützow, whose gun crews were very skilled and fired off deadly accurate barrages of shells. Lion, commanded by Admiral of the Fleet David Beatty, scored the first hit on Lützow which retaliated with withering fire. One of her shells hit Lion’s ‘Q’ turret at a range of more than nine miles. Everyone in the turret was killed or wounded and the blast started a terrible fire. Flames leapt high in the air,causing many more casualties. Major Francis Harvey, the mortallywounded turret commander, ordered the ship’s magazine to be flooded, stopping it exploding. He was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for his swift action. Also among the dead was Cecil, younger son of the 6th Earl of Sefton of Croxeth Hall. He was buried at sea but is remembered on a memorial stone with other members of his family in St Chad’s churchyard, Kirkby. The Lion survived the inconclusive battle and returned to her duties after repairs. Cecil and his ship are commemorated on a memorial window in Sefton Parish Church, near Crosby. • Join the West Derby Society at the Molyneux family’s West Derby Courthouse open 2 pm - 4 pm every Sunday April to October (not Easter Sunday), admission free.
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