B18 · Third-party reproduction of a contemporary German signal

Lütjens’ damage signal

Reported bow damage and restricted cruising speed before the later steering damage.

Author: German Fleet Command
Date: 24 May 1941
Passage: Body and visible header fields of the reproduced sheet

What has been checked

Whole image inspected, including text and header fields.

How to read it

Archival chain not authenticated. The host’s 1508 label differs from visible time fields; no precise origin or receipt time is assigned. English paraphrase remains provisional.

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