however, it was difficult to state exactly what occurred. From the observations on board the _Warrior_ it is certain that the visibility was much greater in her direction from the enemy’s line, than it was in the direction of the enemy from the _Warrior_. Although the _Defence_ and _Warrior_ were being hit frequently, those on board the _Warrior_ could only see the ships firing at them very indistinctly, and it is probable that the low visibility led to Sir Robert Arbuthnot not realising that he was at comparatively short range from the German battle cruisers until he was already under an overwhelming fire. The _Warrior_ passed astern of the 5th Battle Squadron at the period when the steering gear of the _Warspite_ had become temporarily disabled.[K] [K] _Cf._ page 350. The _Duke of Edinburgh_, the ship next to the westward of the _Defence_ and the _Warrior_ in the cruiser screen, had turned to close these ships when they became engaged with the enemy’s light cruisers in accordance with a signal from the _Defence_. The _Duke of Edinburgh_ joined in the engagement, but, on sighting the Lion on her starboard bow, did not follow the other ships across the bows of the battle cruisers, as to do so would have seriously incommoded these vessels; she turned to port to a parallel course and eventually joined the 2nd Cruiser Squadron. The _Black Prince_ was observed from the _Duke of Edinburgh_ to turn some 12 points to port at the same time that the _Duke of Edinburgh_ turned, but her subsequent movements are not clear; the German accounts of the action stated that the _Black Prince_ was sunk by gunfire at the same time as the _Defence_, but she was not seen to be in action at this time by any of our vessels, and, moreover, a wireless signal, reporting a submarine in sight and timed 8.48 P.M., was subsequently received from her. It is probable that the _Black Prince_ passed to the rear of the Battle Fleet at about 6.30 P.M., and that during the night she found herself close to one of the German battle squadrons, and was sunk then by superior gunfire. In support of this theory, the German account mentions that a cruiser of the “Cressy” type was sunk in that manner during the night. None of the ships of this class was present during the engagement, but the _Black Prince_ might well have been mistaken for a ship of this type in the circumstances. [Illustration: THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND, AS DEPICTED DY A GERMAN ARTIST, SHOWING THE “WIESBADEN” SINKING BETWEEN THE BATTLE LINES The print from which this was reproduced was found in a German dug-out between Ostend and Zeebrugge, on November 4, 1918]