FOOTNOTES:
[1] At the outbreak of war: Prime Minister and Secretary for War (see Aug. 5), Mr. Asquith; Foreign Secretary, Sir E. Grey; First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Churchill; Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Lloyd George; Secretary for India, Marquis of Crewe (see May 26, 1915).
[2] Launched 1896. The new Recruit (launched Dec. 1916) was sunk on Aug. 9, 1917.
[3] The following were the British vessels lost in this action:—
Battle Cruisers—
Indefatigable
Invincible
Queen Mary
Cruisers—
Black Prince
Defence
Warrior
Flotilla leader—
Tipperary
Destroyers—
Ardent
Fortune
Nestor
Nomad
Shark
Sparrowhawk
Turbulent
The larger German vessels known to have been sunk were the following:—
Lutzow, Pommern, Frauenlob, Wiesbaden, Elbing, Rostock.