BRITISH, Three Battle Cruisers, QUEEN MARY 26,350 tons INDEFATIGABLE 18,800 " INVINCIBLE 17,250 " Three Armored Cruisers, DEFENSE 14,600 " WARRIOR 13,550 " BLACK PRINCE 13,350 " Eight Destroyers, TIPPERARY 1,430 " NESTOR 890 " NOMAD 890 " TURBULENT 1,100 " FORTUNE 965 " ARDENT 935 " SHARK 935 " SPARROWHAWK 935 " ------------ Total 111,980 tons GERMANS, One Battle Cruiser LUETZOW 26,180 tons One Pre-dreadnought, POMMERN 13,200 " Four Light Cruisers, WIESBADEN 5,400 " ELBING 4,500 " ROSTOCK 4,900 " FRAUENLOB 2,700 " Five Destroyers, V-4 570 " V-48 750 " V-27 640 " V-29 640 " S-33 700 " ------------ Total 60,180 tons Personnel, killed and wounded: BRITISH, about 6,600: GERMANS, 3,076. [Footnote 1: Figures in these tables taken from Lieut. Comdr. H. H. Frost, U. S. N., _U. S. Naval Institute Proceedings_, Jan., 1920, p. 84.] With all allowance for the poor visibility conditions and the deepening twilight, it must be admitted also that Scheer handled his ships with great skill. Caught in a noose by an overwhelming force, he disentangled himself by means of the torpedo attacks of his destroyer flotillas and turned away under cover of their smoke screens. After nightfall he boldly cut through the rear of the British fleet in battle line, and reached his base in safety with the great bulk of his ships. Meanwhile at practically all stages of the fighting German gunnery was both rapid and accurate, the seamanship was admirable, and there was no lack of courage of the highest order.