Her
commander, Loftus Jones, was awarded the second posthumous V.C. for the
wonderfully gallant way he fought her till she went down with colours
flying. Her last torpedo, when just on the point of being fired, was
hit by a German shell and exploded, killing and wounding everybody
near. Then another shell took Jones's leg off. But he still fought
the one gun left in action, firing its last round as the waters closed
above him.
About the same time the destroyer _Onslow_ made for a German light
cruiser that was trying to torpedo Beatty's flagship, _Lion_. Hitting
the light cruiser with every gun at short range she then passed on to
try her own torpedoes on the German battle cruisers, when a big shell
scooped out most of her midships above the water-line. Retiring slowly
she again met the light cruiser and this time finished her with a
torpedo. Finding he had two torpedoes left Commander Tovey then made
for the German battle line with the last ounce of steam the _Onslow's_
engines could work off. He fired them both, and probably hit the
dreadnought that was seen to reel out of line about three minutes
later.
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