HMS Defence - Was There A Survivor
Was there a survivor?
It has generally been accepted that there were no survivors when HMS Defence was sunk at the Battle of Jutland.
Sometime after the event these newspaper articles were circulated. It has not, to date, been possible to confirm the identity of George Winterbourne.
The Times (London, England) · Saturday, 2nd December 1916 Page 21
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · Sunday, 3rd December 1916 · Page 4
The Coffeyville Daily Journal (Coffeyville, Kansas) · Tuesday, 5th December 1916 · Page 4
Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, New York) · Saturday, 6th January 1917 · Page 19
The Advertiser, Adelaide, Friday, February 16,1917. Page 11