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Saturday 2 July 2016

Heavy damaged German warships arriving at Zeebrugge, Belgium, according to the Dutch newspaper Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië dated 8 June 1916

An item reported that on last Saturday towed a German destroyer another heavily damaged destroyer and a submarine into the harbour of Zeebrugge, Belgium.(1)

Note
1. Probably returning from the Battle of Jutland or Skagerrak between the British and German navies 31 May-1 June 1916. British losses 6.094 men killed, 674 men wounded, l3 battle cruisers, 3 armoured cruisers, 8 destroyers total tonnage lost 113.300 tons and German losses 2.551 men killed, 507 wounded, 1 battle cruiser, 1 pre-dreadnought, 4 light cruisers, total tonnage 62.300 tons.