SMS Derfflinger was a battlecruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine built in the early 1910s, the lead vessel of the Derfflinger class. The ships were larger than the previous German battlecruisers, and featured significant improvements. Derfflinger served in I Scouting Group during the war and took part in attacks on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby in 1914 and Yarmouth and Lowestoft in 1916, as well as the Battle of Dogger Bank in 1915 and the Battle of Jutland in 1916. At Jutland, Derfflinger helped to sink the British battlecruisers Queen Mary and Invincible, but was seriously damaged herself. Derfflinger saw little activity for the remainder of the war and she was interned with the rest of the High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow following the armistice in November 1918. Under the orders of Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter, the interned ships were scuttled on 21 June 1919. (This article is part of a featured topic: Battlecruisers of the world.).
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1453:
The Battle of Castillon (depicted), the last conflict of the Hundred Years' War, ended with the English losing all landholdings in France except Calais. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Castillon
1863:
The New Zealand Wars resumed as British forces led by General Duncan Cameron began the Invasion of the Waikato. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_the_Waikato
1918:
RMS Carpathia, which had rescued survivors of the 1912 Titanic sinking, was sunk by a German U-boat with the loss of five crew. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Carpathia
2014:
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17
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chancellor: 1. A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice. 2. The head of the government in some German-speaking countries. 3. (Christianity) A senior record keeper of a cathedral; a senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese in charge of hearing cases involving ecclesiastical law. 4. (education) The head of a university, sometimes purely ceremonial. 5. (Britain, government) Short for Chancellor of the Exchequer. 6. (Scotland, law) The foreman of a jury. 7. (US, law) The chief judge of a court of chancery (that is, one exercising equity jurisdiction). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chancellor
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"Let byegones be byegones,”—they foolishly say, And bid me be wise and forget them; But old recollections are active to-day, And I can do nought but regret them; Though the present be pleasant, all joyous and gay, And promising well for the morrow, I love to look back on the years past away, Embalming my byegones in sorrow. --Martin Farquhar Tupper https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Martin_Farquhar_Tupper