From the June 16, 2015, Yahoo! News/Sky News.
3D scans have revealed the wrecks of several of the 25 warships (14 British) sunk during the huge naval action at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916.One is of the HMS Invincible in which 1,000 sailors lost their lives. The other two are the HMS Defence and HMS Queen Mary. All three have been scanned.
The HMS had been described at the time as being "reduced to atoms" when it sank, but has been found to be complete and sitting upright.
The HMS Echo used information from previous expeditions as well as eyewitness accounts to visit 21 of the 25 shipwreck sites where they are expected to be.
In the battle, the British Navy had 6,094 killed and the Germans lost 2,551. Both sides claimed victory.
--Cooter
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