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Variety: "Despite a sturdy English-speaking cast, and a director whose rep with the 1987 “Babette’s Feast” still carries arthouse echoes, pic is a deliberate deconstruction of the Shakespeare play, shorn of familiar elements...“Prince of Jutland’s” only concession to mainstream entertainment values is Per Norgaard’s bright score ...
Serkis started acting in the late 1980s with small roles on the television series Morris Minor and His Marvellous Motors (1989), and The New Statesman (1989) before being cast as Owen in Streetwise from 1989–1992. He then appeared in films such as Prince of Jutland (1994), Career Girls (1997), Pandaemonium (2000).
Jutland was the third fleet action between steel battleships, following the Battle of the Yellow Sea in 1904 [123] [124] and the Battle of Tsushima in 1905, [125] during the Russo-Japanese War. At Jutland, the Germans, with a 99-strong fleet, sank 115,000 long tons (117,000 t) of British ships, while a 151-strong British fleet sank 62,000 long ...
Pages in category "Battle of Jutland" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Mainwaring calls in Frazer, who was in the navy, to tell them how the gun works, but Frazer reveals that, despite being present at the Battle of Jutland and a chief petty officer, he was only a cook. Fortunately, the man from Pickfords returns with an instruction manual, and Mainwaring begins to read it.
It is stated that during the First World War, Frazer served as chief petty officer in the Royal Navy, and was a cook on board the HMS Defiant (a fictional warship) during the Battle of Jutland. [1] [6] A fine marksman, he served as a member of the crew of a minesweeper, being responsible for shooting mines with a rifle from the ship. [8]
The List of ships sunk at the Battle of Jutland is a list of ships which were lost during the Battle of Jutland. This battle was fought between the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet on 31 May and 1 June 1916, during the First World War. The list is in chronological order of the time of sinking.
At the Battle of Jutland, she was the flagship of the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron under Commodore E.S. Alexander-Sinclair. She was the first ship to report the presence of German ships, triggering the battle. Galatea was also the first to receive a hit by the German light cruiser SMS Elbing, but no explosion occurred.