The tracks of countless torpedoes were sighted by the German ships, but only the Pommern (a battleship) fell an immediate victim to a torpedo. The cruiser Rostock was hit, but remained afloat. The cruiser Elbing was damaged by a German battleship during an unavoidable maneuver. After vain endeavors to keep the ship afloat the Elbing was blown up, but only after her crew had embarked on torpedo boats. A post torpedo boat was struck by a mine laid by the enemy. ADMITTED LOSSES--BRITISH NAME TONNAGE PERSONNEL Queen Mary (battle cruiser) 27,000 1,000 Indefatigable (battle cruiser) 18,750 800 Invincible (battle cruiser) 17,250 750 Defense (armored cruiser) 14,600 755 Warrior (armored cruiser) 13,550 704 Black Prince (armored cruiser) 13,550 704 Tipperary (destroyer) 1,850 150 Turbulent (destroyer) 1,850 150 Shark (destroyer) 950 100 Sparrowhawk (destroyer) 950 100 Ardent (destroyer) 950 100 Fortune (destroyer) 950 100 Nomad (destroyer) 950 100 Nestor (destroyer) 950 100 BRITISH TOTALS Battle cruisers 63,000 2,550 Armored cruisers 41,700 2,163 Destroyers 9,400 900 -------- ------ Fourteen ships 114,100 5,613 ADMITTED LOSSES--GERMAN[A] NAME TONNAGE PERSONNEL Lützow (battle cruiser) 26,600 1,200 Pommern (battleship) 13,200 729 Wiesbaden (cruiser) 5,600 450 Frauenlob (cruiser) 2,715 264 Elbing (cruiser) 5,000 450 Rostock (cruiser) 4,900 373 Five destroyers 5,000 500 GERMAN TOTALS Battle cruisers 39,800 1,929 Cruisers 18,215 1,537 Destroyers 5,000 500 ------ ------ Eleven ships 63,015 3,966 [A] These figures are given for what they are worth, but no one outside of Germany doubted but that their losses were very much greater than admitted in the official report. [Illustration: ADMIRAL WILLIAM S. SIMS Commander-in-Chief of United States Naval Forces in European waters.] [Illustration: ADMIRAL SIR DAVID BEATTY Commander-in-Chief of the British Grand Fleet.] TOTAL LOSSES OF MEN BRITISH