The Editor makes a return trip to Northstar Battery and finds it in fine form.
"There's something wrong with our bloody ships today". So said Admiral Jellicoe when half a dozen major British battleships were blown to pieces during the battle of Jutland, the only major conflict between the British and German battle fleets in World War 1.
It emerged later that the Germans had learned the importance of isolating the gun turrets of their ships from the magazines (where the shells and explosives were stored). The British had not. Not staying ahead of technology . . .
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