HMS Queen Mary
LocationJutland, Denmark
Year1916
Depth60 m
Size26,700 tonnes
TypeBattlecruiser
About HMS Queen Mary
Blew up at Jutland after German shells penetrated her magazines. Around 20 of 1,275 crew survived. Witnesses described a pillar of fire 200 m high. One of three British battlecruisers lost to magazine explosions that day.
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