The seafarers . arine decoy-ship lying at F, and they will attack and destroy a flotilla ofenemy patrol craft and an attending auxiliary cruiserwhich will come out from the Sound bound for theNorth Sea. (3.) At the Battle Cruiser Squadron(four ships)—the Lion, the Tiger, the Princess Royal,and another—will have reached B, to the north ofJutland Bank. They will remain cruising in supportof the light forces in the Kattegat until (4.) At the two Battleship Squadrons(nine ships)—including the King George V. (flagship),the Orion, the Monarch, the Thunderer, t
The seafarers . arine decoy-ship lying at F, and they will attack and destroy a flotilla ofenemy patrol craft and an attending auxiliary cruiserwhich will come out from the Sound bound for theNorth Sea. (3.) At the Battle Cruiser Squadron(four ships)—the Lion, the Tiger, the Princess Royal,and another—will have reached B, to the north ofJutland Bank. They will remain cruising in supportof the light forces in the Kattegat until (4.) At the two Battleship Squadrons(nine ships)—including the King George V. (flagship),the Orion, the Monarch, the Thunderer, the Con-queror—will have reached C. They will remaincruising in support of the battle-cruisers until (5.) At N there are lying four German battle-ships of the Nassau class. It is hoped that thesemay be tempted out to cut off the retirement ofour light forces through the Skager Rak, beingunaware of the presence of our heavy ships. (6.) The remaining German battleships arein the Baltic, or laid .e-ri- . <s- £• « e « « kSo8?c-a e/S! 2» cQ s Hog*- ^ c - -S 5 §rX oz O aHH US — V Z 2 «« •= X. auQ Q H a ? i -CQ us op3 3 O a 104 THE SEAFARERS (7.) Our battle-cruisers and battleships will beback at Scapa at and respectivelyon November 3. Such was the plan of operations lasting justfifty-two hours. It was carried out to the smallestdetail and all ships were back at their bases exactlyon time. Now we will see how it all befell. Whathappened to the decoy-ship (a kind of German mystery: ship) I never heard. But I like toimagine a couple of our destroyers hailing her inthe darkness and, with no reply, carrying her byboarding in the good old-fashioned way. For gun-fire or the explosion of a torpedo would probablyhave given the alarm to the other ships. In the darkest hour before a November dawnthere came stealing through the narrow strait thatcuts between the North Zealand shore and Swedena dim
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