A Survivor's Story of the Queen Mary Horror, by Lt-Cdr J H Lloyd-Owen | 31 May 1916 | Episode 120
Published on 31 May 1916
The author, a midshipman at the battle of Jutland, was one of the very few survivors (about twenty) of H.M.S. Queen Mary, when she was sunk by German shell fire with a death roll of 1,266 officers and men.
He writes a truly thrilling account of his battle experience in a gun turret and his subsequent ordeal afloat in the North Sea, culminating in his rescue by the crew of H.M.S. Laurel.
Lieut.-Commander J. H. Lloyd-Owen, R.N., a midshipman in 1916, saw service in many seas during the war. After Jutland he joined the Second Battle Squadron, Grand Fleet, and later the Second Cruiser Squadron. In 1918 he was serving with the Ninth Cruiser Squadron at the time of the Armistice.