Stanley Venn Ellis
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Captain Stanley Venn Ellis was a senior Royal Navy officer. He was in command of HMS Defence, the flagship of Rear Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot at the Battle of Jutland, and was killed in action along
HMS Defence - the ship on which Captain Stanley Venn Ellis lost his life
HMS Defence and HMS Warrior, passing the Battlecruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916
Battle of Jutland
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The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle between Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet, under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet, under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer,
Stanley Venn Ellis
…August 1875 – 31 May 1916) was a senior Royal Navy officer. He was in command of HMS Defence, the flagship of Rear Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot at the Battle of Jutland, and was killed in action alongside the Admiral when she exploded and sank with the loss of all hands after her magazine was hit by a German salvo…
Reinhard Scheer, German fleet commander
John Jellicoe, British fleet commander
David Beatty, commander of the British battlecruiser fleet
HMS Warspite and Malaya, seen from HMS Valiant at around 14:00 hrs