Seeing the British battle cruisers Boedicker changed course to starboard on the opposing course to Hood and discharged torpedoes causing Hood to veer away. Hearing the firing at 5.37pm Admiral Hood swung his three battle cruisers to the north-west on a course converging with Chester and the German light cruisers. The fourth gun continued firing as Chester made off to the north-east. Within five minutes three of Chester’s four guns were disabled with the crews dead or wounded.
Jack Cornwell continuing to operate his gun on HMS Chester at the Battle of Jutland on 31st May 1916 after the death or disabling of the other gun crew winning a posthumous Victoria CrossĬhester had run into the light cruisers Frankfurt, Pillau, Elbing and Wiesbaden of Admiral Boedicker’s Second Scouting Group positioned on the disengaged starboard side of Hipper’s battle cruisers.
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