dond Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Be as specific as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ÖSTA Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 See link: http://s400910952.websitehome.co.uk/germancolonialuniforms/militaria/navaluniforms.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dond Posted October 16, 2018 Author Share Posted October 16, 2018 That's a start but try harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolewts58 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 They were all at the Battle of Jutland (Skagerrakschlacht) and were all heavily damaged (SMS Luetzow was eventually scuttled). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ÖSTA Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Didn't know this was a quiz but here we go: All the ships were involved in the Battle of Jutland as '1st Scouting Group'. With the exception of SMS Luetzow (Lützow), the other ships survived the encounter but were scuttled at Scapa Flow and later salvaged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dond Posted October 17, 2018 Author Share Posted October 17, 2018 Bingo! And they pounded the crap out of Beatty's battle cruisers as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ÖSTA Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 That was a nice little brain teaser from you there @dond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dond Posted October 17, 2018 Author Share Posted October 17, 2018 Here is a great account from the German point of view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolewts58 Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 (edited) Pages from a Militärpass belonging to Battle of Jutland (Skagerrakschlacht) veteran, Obersteurmannsmaaten (Chief Engineering Officer) Konrad Salb. During the Battle Jutland, Salb as a Signal Petty Officer served on the dreadnought battleship SMS Thüringen, which was heavily engaged during the battle, including the sinking of HMS Black Prince and heavy damage to HMS Turbulent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Thüringen Interestingly, Salb served on Thüringen up to the end of the war, including the crew revolt on the Thüringen as part of the High Seas Fleet revolt in October 1918. As he went on to serve in the Bavarian Freikorps during fighting against the Munich Soviet, it's very likely that Salb was one of the officers who did not support the revolt on the Thüringen. Salb, who entered the Imperial German Navy in 1908 at 17 in the Schiffsjungen-Division received the EKII and BMVK with Crown and Swords. As a Bavarian, Salb went home and fought against the Communists as a member of the scarce Marine infantry Freikorps unit, 1. Bayrische Matrosenkompagnie Nürnberg, Bataillon Krauss, which later merged with Wehr Bataillon, Nürnberg-Fürth. Edited October 19, 2018 by bolewts58 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dond Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 Nice piece of history Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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