Shortly after 6.55 P.M. the _Iron Duke_ passed the wreck of a ship with the bow and stern standing out of the water, the centre portion apparently resting on the bottom, with the destroyer _Badger_ picking up survivors. It was thought at first that this was the remains of a German light cruiser, but inquiry of the _Badger_ elicited the lamentable news that the wreck was that of the _Invincible_. It was assumed at the time that she had been sunk either by a mine or by a torpedo, and, in view of the safe passage of other ships in her vicinity, the latter appeared to be the more probable cause of her loss. Subsequent information, however, showed that she was destroyed by gunfire, causing her magazines to explode, as already recorded. At 7 P.M. Sir David Beatty signalled reporting that the enemy was to the westward. Our alteration of course to south had, meanwhile, brought the enemy’s line into view once more, and between 7.0 and 7.30 P.M. the Battle Fleet was again in action with battleships and also battle cruisers, as they could be distinguished in the haze, which at that period was very baffling. The range varied from as much as 15,000 yards at the van to as little as 8,000 in the rear, this difference in range indicating that the enemy’s Fleet was turning to the westward, as shown in the accompanying plan facing page 358. In spite of the difficult conditions the fire of many of our battleships was very effective at this period. Some instances may be given. At 7.15 P.M. the _Iron Duke_, as already mentioned, engaged a hostile battleship at 15,000 yards’ range and on a bearing 74 degrees from right ahead. At 7.20 she trained her guns on a battle cruiser of “Lutzow” type, abaft the beam, which hid herself by a destroyer smoke screen; at 7.17 P.M. the _King George V._ opened fire on a vessel, taken to be the leading ship in the enemy’s line at a range of about 13,000 yards; the _Orion_ at a battleship[L]; the _St. Vincent_ was “holding her target (a battleship) effectively till 7.26 P.M., the range being between 10,000 and 9,500 yards”; the _Agincourt_ at 7.6 P.M. opened fire at 11,000 yards on one of four battleships that showed clearly out of the mist, and judged that at least four of her salvoes “straddled” the target; the _Revenge_ was engaging what were taken to be battle cruisers, obtaining distinct hits on two of them; the _Colossus_ from 7.12 to 7.20 P.M. was engaging a ship taken to be a battle cruiser, either the _Derfflinger_ or _Lutzow_, at ranges between 10,000 and 8,000 yards, and observed several direct hits, two being on the water line; whilst the _Marlborough_, as already mentioned, “engaged a ship of the ‘König’ class.” Other vessels reported being in effective action during this period. The _Royal Oak_, the ship next astern of the _Iron Duke_, opened fire at 7.15 P.M. on the leading ship of three vessels taken to be battle cruisers, at a range of 14,000 yards; this ship was hit and turned away, and fire was shifted to the